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Old Jun 18, 2017 | 06:37 PM
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The area that sticks above the bearing is sharp, and doesn't look like it's designed to be touching anything. I'm glad yours isn't like mine.
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Old Jun 18, 2017 | 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Portworks
The pic was 2 days ago.
The seller is getting with the vendor asap.
The shitty part is the extremely reputable well known seller is only going to refund the cost of the defective gear set, and sell me everything else I need to replace at their cost. Feels like a punch in the gut.

wow talk about a stand up shop.
pm me who it is so i dont buy from them
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Old Jun 19, 2017 | 04:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Portworks
The pic was 2 days ago.
The seller is getting with the vendor asap.
The shitty part is the extremely reputable well known seller is only going to refund the cost of the defective gear set, and sell me everything else I need to replace at their cost. Feels like a punch in the gut.
The only punch in the gut is you not checking your own clearances and blaming others for it.
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Old Jun 19, 2017 | 07:30 PM
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Every clearance that is adjustable was set. And yes maybe I should have checked things more closely.
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Old Jun 19, 2017 | 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Portworks
Every clearance that is adjustable was set. And yes maybe I should have checked things more closely.
In your defense, that isn't something that is usually off. FWIW, you can check the camshaft endolay the same as you could crankshaft endplay, or thrust, but it could have been acceptable even if you did check.

On the bright side, it looks to be a pretty easy clean up though. At least most of your parts are intact and you're not having to buy a whole new block and/or rotating assembly.
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Old Jun 19, 2017 | 08:47 PM
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Yes, I'm just glad I checked it when I dumped the oil or it would have been much worse later on.
Thanks for all of the input.
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Old Jun 20, 2017 | 04:07 PM
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I think the WS6 rep needs a hug.
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Old Jun 20, 2017 | 04:16 PM
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From Scarlett Johansson please!

I deal with customers all day, some are nice, some are mad, some are stubborn, some are not, but having a vendor/sponsor on here that does what i have seen recently and not so recently, i will not put up with. We are nice guys here and we have fun and joke around and such, but constantly having issues like that rubs me the wrong way. I am not even going out of my way to troll every thread he is on either.
If you want a straight answer ask us. If you need tech support ask us. Im usually up answering emails til 1 and on here and tech calls way past normal closing time. We always try to take care of our customers or even people that are not our customers any way we can.
Our business is our livelihood and only our customers keep our business going, so get give the best info we can quickly but also bust the bs.
Maybe sugar coating things would work better, ill have to try that some day.
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Originally Posted by tech@WS6store
Lets get some things straight Lance.



The reason they may have said its not the reason for failure is due to that oil being filtered before it gets to the main bearings.
From the pickup it goes to the pump, then down the galley and splits between the barbell restrictor and the oil filter then Ts back together after and feeds the cam bore first then goes down to the main bearings.

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