Rod Bearings

[haggarSHO]

Is probably a stupid question but ive searched here and there(but probably not well because im frustrated at so many things at once). I need rod bearings and kind of fast. It's that time, my SHO get's a nice Christmas present on top of the 2 brand new idler pulleys.

But I cant find any place to order them, help a brotha out?

 

[St Louis SHO]

RCM or NAPA

 

[jthod]

Autozone too, but RCM has the bearings and the oil pan gaskets for th price of just the bearings at AZ

 

[Phoenix]

rockauto has them too , but yea the kit RCM has is pretty sweet.

 

[itwonder]

X2 RCM's kit is great. But if you need them really fast, Rockauto has next day and second day shipping options. They are special order through NAPA thus will take a while.

 

[haggarSHO]

bumping because I have another question.

So when I FIRST noticed my oil light flickering, I was in traffic on a bridge... and I drove it easy to my house 4 miles away and parked it, havent driven it since. My bearings come in in the morning. I dont have the necessities at my house to do the job here. My setup consists of a buddy of mine that works at a Ford Dealership and everybody that works there loves my car (not many of them around here) so all my labor is extremely cheap/free.

But my question is, it's about a 10 mile drive. Do you think I'm safe to drive it?

 

[GR8WYT]

Oil level light or oil pressure light?

If the former, add some oil first. If the latter then no. Get it towed.

 

[whiteguy3]

Hands down...RCM!

 

[haggarSHO]

Oil level light or oil pressure light?

If the former, add some oil first. If the latter then no. Get it towed.

pressure light

 

[SHO_DOODmorrris]

pressure light

TOW THAT ***... dont know why i said that but yeah tow it... lol

 

[sho2see]

tow that b...dont take a chance

 

[Kens1992mtxSHO]

Seen too many SHOs go down due to bad bearings. Don't take a chance.

 

[93rev2sev]

Well, I'm going to go against the consensus.

If the oil light just flickers a bit at idle, drive it...It'll be fine

 

[shobote]

It is more likely that you just need to replace the oil pressure sensor and there is nothing wrong with the rod bearings; mine did exactly the same thing and replaced the sensor for $15 and 5 minutes of labor, solved the problem.

 

[itwonder]

I would drive it the 10 miles, taking it easy of course.

 

[haggarSHO]

It is more likely that you just need to replace the oil pressure sensor and there is nothing wrong with the rod bearings; mine did exactly the same thing and replaced the sensor for $15 and 5 minutes of labor, solved the problem.

I'm hoping that's all it is. The car's got 145k on it and as far as I know (I asked previous owner) the bearings are still original, i have them with me so they're getting changed regardless.

 

[haggarSHO]

bumpity.



ANND.. done.




also replaced the oil pressure sensor. so, either way, my oil light flicker problem is fixed.

 

[rubydist]

Those bearings needed to be changed, so that was a good move...

 

[jthod]

I've seen much worse, but always a good move to get them replaced.

 

[jpSHO]

I know I need to replace my rod bearings but I kind of have to wait until the spring to do it. I don't have a garage and the weather here sucks this time a year. Is there any signs I should listen for so I can stop driving the car before I do some damage to the motor. It has 240,000 miles and runs perfect. I change the oil every 6 to 10 thousand miles with MOBIL 1 and I pretty much keep up with all the maintence on it except of course doing the rod bearings.