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#54868 01/12/2006 3:36 AM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43 | Hi; I have a sort of general question. Can I replace crank shaft main bearings (bushings) without pulling the engine? With the crank in place? If so, how do I get the bearing half out from between the crank and the block? Is there a tool for this? Sad to say, this is my son's F#&d V-6 in his van and it's really hard to get the engine out. I hate working on F#&ds.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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#54869 01/12/2006 4:03 AM | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 | Hy Rich,the short answer is yes. There may be a specific tool available, but most of the time you just make a tool out of a cotter pin, slip it into the crankshaft oil hole and form the legs to lay flat on the crank to help you turn the upper bearing shell out of the block, you can only turn it one way so the locating tang comes out first. You will have to loosen all the main bearing bolts quite a bit before trying this, hope this helps. I don't own a Fix Or Repair Daily just because I don't mind fixing them once but then I want to drive it a few hundred thousand miles before fixing it again. | | |
#54870 01/12/2006 4:51 AM | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | 3B, I'm not sure where you came from, but every one of your posts amaze me. You are a "tinkerer extraordinaire"...always great info and ideas!  Stuart | | |
#54871 01/12/2006 6:31 AM | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 | Hy Stuart, thanks for the kind words, I'm just trying to do my part to help out where I can. | | |
#54872 01/12/2006 1:38 PM | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 121 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 121 | The cotterkey idea is something I have never used, but I think it is a very good idea. In the past I have just used a small screwdriver and pushed the bearing as far as I could, then grabbed it with a pliers on the opposite side and pulled it the rest of the way out.
I also do not like working on F**ds. I think they make good enough products but they are very hard to work on, much harder than GM or Chrysler. | | |
#54873 01/12/2006 6:56 PM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43 | Hi Guys;
Great ideas. Very much appreciated. Thanks 3B - pretty slick. I'll have at it. You guys are great.
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#54874 01/12/2006 11:23 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | If it was a stovebolt it would be a piece of cake but on a ford van pulling the pan with the engine in quite a chore. Than you won,t have much room to work.
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