[Shotimes] Have bearings, Will Travel!

[Jim and Debbie Leyden]

I replaced rods and mains in the wife's 93 at 160,000.  #4 Rod had spun but
there was no damage to the crank.  The mains were fine but since we were in
there we decided to go ahead and do it since (as Doug Lewis tells us) we
keep cars for a bazillion miles.  The mains are no different than any other
auto engine with the locating notch.  We gave them a little push on the end
opposite the notch and they spun right out.  It was truly easy to do.  Doug
and I did rods, mains, rings and put on a set of ported and polished heads
in about 12 hours across a weekend.

Jim

'95 MTX (Animal) 93,000 Miles, Spare Car (Doesn't everyone need a spare
SHO?)
Performance White/Mocha Full, Quaife, StageI Cams, Koni's, ShoShop Can
Filter, Solid Aluminum Sub Frame Bushings, ShoShop Linear Springs, 20.6mm
FSB, 26mm RSB, Energy Suspension Poly Bushings All around, ShoShop Single
Diaphragm Competition Clutch, 80mm MAF, LPM, UDP's, ShoShop Y Pipe, Dynomax
Mufflers,96 Front Brakes, FPS Shorty Sub Frame Connectors

'93 MTX (Suzie) 265,000 Miles, Wife's Car
Ultra Crimson Red/Black Split, '95 Hard Button EATC, DRLs, Konis, Eibachs,
K&N Panel, Custom Heavy Wall SFCs, Gutted PP Y Pipe, FPS '96 Front Brakes,
Brembo Slotted Rotors, Solid Aluminum Sub-Frame Bushings, Police Upper Strut
Mounts Front and Rear, All TPR Suspension bushings, 24mm Front & 26mm Rear
Sway Bars, Superchip, Milled Heads that have been Ported and Polished, FPS
Valve Springs, Performance Tune, Reinforced Motor Mounts, Fidanza Flywheel
w/Stock Clutch and 225/55 ZR16 Michelin Pilot Sport A/S's.  COMING SOON!,
Digital Dash and StageI Cams

'93 MTX (Snow) 115,000 Miles, My Car
Oxford Whiteout/Mocha Full, '95 Hard Button EATC, DynoMax Exhaust, P225/55
ZR16 Michelin Pilot Sports A/S's.



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Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 2:42 PM
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Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Have bearings, Will Travel!


>  I thought I remembered of someone finding a problem with a main, but 
> man are they a pain to replace.

I'll have to admit that I have not had to do this with the SHO engine but I
have replaced main bearings in other engines without too much trouble.

Most bearings have a locator tab on one end.  After you pull the main cap
the upper half of the bearing will usually rotate out fairly easily, tab end
first.  In fact you can put your new bearing half on the bottom of the crank
and rotate it to push the old bearing out.  I wonder if it wouldn't work the
same way with the SHO engine.  Has someone ever tried this?
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