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Old March 15th 05, 03:13 PM
TerryB
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> tomorrow".
>
> You STILL need to worry about the elongated bearing retainer pin hole,
> the CAUSE of the problem has not gone away. It will continue eating
> away both the case and the bearing itself, at an exponentially
> accelerating rate. Worst case scenario: the pin will slip out of
> position, get wedged between saddle and bearing, possibly in the
> elongated hole it dug earlier, and the bearing will start spinning
> with the crank. it will soon **** itself royally, rendering the crank
> and the case pretty much useless, beyond repair. Depending on bearing
> type, (there's bearings with oil grooves cut in the back, and solid
> back bearings with just an oil hole) the oil holes that deliver oil
> between the crank and the bearing will no longer line up, and the
> crank will self destruct in a matter of seconds due to oil starvation.
> All it takes is A COUPLE OF DEGREES of mis-alignment in the direction
> of rotation
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jan
>


I wish you would learn not to sugar coat things so much. LOL

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