Orite, first off todays workings. The plan, find the probelm, fine the cause fix both.
So here I am taking this apart again,
Now this is what it looked like,
Cap and bearing,
Then procceded to take the crank out and have a look at all the bearings, all slightly more worn then they should be but nothing you would normaly replace.
Orite, so new ACL bearings will have to be ordered to replace all main bearings, the conrods were ok. Also get a new front and rear seal, rear cause its been screwed by metal shavings and the front cause its been painted and I dont trust it.
Now as for why this happened. I was affraid I wouldnt find out, in that case I wouldnt of liked putting the engine back together not having known I fixed what had caused it in the first place. Now not to sound like the guy from that show seconds from disaster, but! A series of events that together made the bearing fail leaving us seconds from disaster!
Those who know about it, the flywheel. Originaly didnt fit, pain in the ass. Diagnosis, **** crank that had a dodgy flange. Next, the gearbox. The input shaft was pushing had up against the crank, my fix was spacing it out from the block by 2mm first then down to 1mm. But this had allready been in the car and started without the spacing. This is what would of done this,
Look at the clearance on either side of the bearing. The crank had been pushed foward by the input shaft of the gearbox when it was first installed... So this is caused by, you guessed it, a **** crank! Ill have to take the crank to get the center of it machined out slightly so the input shaft gears wont push on it and I wont have to use the spacers.
Will it be ready for track day? Lets hope somones got some ACL bearing in stock.
