[Spridgets] Bearing Replacement Follow Up

[Jim Johnson]

What Frank said...   As to the cork, it is not really a seal. Simply a
gasket. Match them up as closely as possible to the pan gasket and RPV the
whole thing on reassembly. The "eyebrow" should match the rear main bearing
cap tightly or, as Frank said, you will have leaks.

Cheers!!!
Jim

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Frank Clarici <spritenut at comcast.net>wrote:

> On 3/29/2011 7:54 PM, Bert Shirey wrote:
>
>> Thanks Jim,
>>
>>   By "eyebrow" do you mean the "U" cork seal?
>>
>>  He was referring to the metal piece under the crankshaft at the rear
> bearing cap.
> If you loosen those 3 bolts, make absolute sure top edge is perfectly flush
> with the engine block.
> This is the rear main leak area, well one of them anyway.
> If it is not flat with he block, it will leak.
> It is semi adjustable with the 3 bolts and just when you know it's
> perfectly flat and tighten the bolts, it moves.
>
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> Did you register for the Midget 50th meet yet?
>
>


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