Questions on rod bearing replacement
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SuperHO
Mental Patient
When I did mine, I took the y pipe off (or moved it out of the way), pulled the starter and yanked the pan. I did nothing with the cooling system what-so-ever.
Green Sho
New Member
nah man not really...its really not that bad....i also just pulled the y pipe, starter, and dropped the pan. I didn't screw with any of the coolant hoses. The only thing that's a pain is the exhaust studs on the y pipe in my opinion, I broke one of mine and had to re tap it. If yours comes off without breaking, you should be good to go.
Oh, and make sure before you put the new gasket material on for the pan, that the pan itself and block are nice and clean, you don't want a leak after all that work lol
Oh, and make sure before you put the new gasket material on for the pan, that the pan itself and block are nice and clean, you don't want a leak after all that work lol
93rev2sev
SHO Member
Good prep may save you time. Check out how those exhaust studs are prior to starting. Those have the potential to slow you down more than anything else.
It's really not that hard. I've spent more time on brakes.
It's really not that hard. I've spent more time on brakes.
SuperHO
Mental Patient
the first time I tackled em, it took me about 4 hours, and I was takin my sweet time cleaning the pan and all that shit. Just make sure you put the rod caps back on the same way you took em off and do em one at a time.
93rev2sev
SHO Member
Where is "lynn". It's listed as your location. If are close, I can be "on call" if you run into trouble.
93rev2sev
SHO Member
Indeed.
luigisho
SHO Member
After you drop the y-pipe and oil pan you should give it some time to drip. This will lessen the amount of oil you'll get in your face during the job. Wear some eye protection to keep stray oil drops out of your eyes. It would be optimal to drop everything and let it drip overnight then tackle the bearing replacement the next day. Not sure if that's possible for you. If you let it sit open for a while you might want to cover the area with plastic to prevent dirt and whatnot from blowing into the motor while it sits.
Howdy_Doody
SHO Member
I'm doing mine soon, and I'm planning on going to a muffler shop first to have them break the studs loose there. They have torches and techniques that I can't touch at home. May cost me $100 but I think it's work it in aggravation of dealing with broken off studs.
SuperHO
Mental Patient
either way, when you turn the crank to get access to the bearings, some oil's gonna come out. In other words, don't wear your sunday best clothes and keep a bag of kitty litter near by.
Yea i kinda expected that. Adopting an abused SHO wasn't such a good idea 
