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1. bearings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:27:40 +0100; Hi Guys, My ongoing battle with my 1971 Austin Sprite continued this weekend as I tried to refit my hubs to my newly installed suspension. I got the old hub off of the old stub axle without any troub; /html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00360.html (6,971 bytes)
2. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 09:18:47 -0700; Hi John, My fave way of removing these stuck inner races is to cut part way through them with something like a muffler cutter tool and abrasive disc. Part way is fine. Then with a cold chisel in this; /html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00365.html (7,841 bytes)
3. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 09:54:23 -0700; There are two notches 180 degrees apart behind each outer race. If you don't have a socket or a piece of brass pipe the right diameter to catch the entire diameter of the race, you can use a chisel,; /html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00366.html (8,243 bytes)
4. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 08:02:04 +0100; Run a bead of weld round the inner face of the bearing. Weld shrinks after cooling and loosens off the bearing cup. Tried it once on a Morris 8. Worked. /// /// (If they are dupes, this trailer may a; /html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00430.html (6,551 bytes)
5. bearings (score: 1): Author: john.dagostino@comcast.net; Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:41:26 +0000; Spring will be here soon, so I figured I better look into the low oil pressure problem on the Sprite. Yesterday I removed the pan to examine the bearings. I found the oil pickup tube was loose where; /html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00169.html (6,784 bytes)
6. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: "Paul Asgeirsson" <PAsgeirsson@worldnet.att.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 08:43:23 -0800; Hi John, In order to ease your pain of replacing the engine bearings, I have but 3 words. Pull the engine! Paul A pressure problem on the Sprite. Yesterday I removed the pan to examine the bearings.; /html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00173.html (7,143 bytes)
7. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: James Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:15:44 -0500; I was just thinking last night about former car repair adventures with my father, and we had at times replaced main bearings with no serious engine disassembly. This is a lost art, I believe, because; /html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00174.html (10,064 bytes)
8. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: "Paul Asgeirsson" <PAsgeirsson@worldnet.att.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:08:38 -0800; But, but, but, but! How can you get the front main bearing cap off an "A" series engine with the front pulley, timing chain cover, timing chain, and sprocket still on the engine? That I'd really love; /html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00176.html (10,068 bytes)
9. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>; Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:19:43 -0800; Step one: turn car upside down at about a 45 degree angle to the ground. It makes the job much easier. BZ; /html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00177.html (7,536 bytes)
10. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: "Paul Asgeirsson" <PAsgeirsson@worldnet.att.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:24:16 -0800; Good method!! Hadn't thought of that! LOL!! Pa -- Original Message -- From: "Billy Zoom" <billyzoom@billyzoom.com> To: "Paul Asgeirsson" <PAsgeirsson@worldnet.att.net>; "James Juhas" <james.f.juhas@s; /html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00178.html (8,103 bytes)
11. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: derf <derf247@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 13:24:45 -0600; Just get your car within a few miles of Frank and it will be fixed automatically. By the time yous guys hem and haw about this and that, Frank will have pulled the motor, rebuilt it and reinstalled i; /html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00179.html (7,815 bytes)
12. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: john.dagostino@comcast.net; Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:37:51 +0000; Ok, but I did find an easy way to time the engine, raise the car up about two feet, remove the oil pan, and the timing marks are now clearly visible. But, but, but, but! How can you get the front mai; /html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00180.html (10,591 bytes)
13. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:55:34 -0500; Just don't run it too long with no oil pan. A series engines don't like that. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ; /html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00181.html (8,036 bytes)
14. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:57:04 -0500; I have replaced rod bearings with the engine in place but mains would be a little harder. Even if I tilted the car up like Billy says, it's still gonna be a bear. But if you grind off those little lo; /html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00183.html (8,137 bytes)
15. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: "Charley Braum" <cbaustin@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:03:41 -0500; Just don't let Frank pick the engine up and walk around with it by himself - too much. I'm sure he doesn't want to miss another 6 months of work - especially with that porch 'disassembly' project com; /html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00184.html (8,199 bytes)
16. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: john.dagostino@comcast.net; Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:25:59 +0000; /html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00185.html (8,319 bytes)
17. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: "Paul Asgeirsson" <PAsgeirsson@worldnet.att.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:57:36 -0800; But what cha ya gonna do with the 2 bolts into the front cap that have the heads hidden under the big timing chain sprocket? Details, details, I know, I know!! Pa; /html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00186.html (8,986 bytes)
18. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: James Juhas <james.f.juhas@snet.net>; Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:08:59 -0500; This was indeed a long time ago, and the last one I remember was on an Austin A40 engine installed in a TD at the time, had to be in the mid-sixties. 1964 maybe? I don't have the slightest idea if th; /html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00187.html (10,260 bytes)
19. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: john.dagostino@comcast.net; Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:11:31 +0000; They must have been put there by the guy that designed the timing marks.; /html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00188.html (8,401 bytes)
20. Re: bearings (score: 1): Author: Daniel1312@aol.com; Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 16:11:17 EST; Not long after I'd left school I worked as an apprentice welder and panel beater. One day I had to do an oil change on a Ford Granada that been rolled or something and was now pristine after bodywork; /html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00189.html (8,997 bytes)

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