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Hi all.
got a free engine blok today it looks not that bad except one thing. The primer gear has eaten a bit of the casing due to a broken bearing i think. Will try and attach a foto here so you guys can give your thoughts on it.

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finish date set for project 1... march 2018

Although I'm not planning on using it without a strip down or have no plan on using it in the near future ( or using it at all) it would be nice to now if it is usable.

you can do anything if you set your mind to it...
i rather blow it up winning than keep it together losing.

finish date set for project 1... march 2018

Depending on your perspective, that is either scrap, or in need of machining and the addition of a spacer.
If it was a 4-bolt retainer type, I'd probably just scrap it.

Engine block and primary gear ???

It looks more like the idler gear (middle of the drop gears) bearing in either the gearbox casing or transfer housing casing.

And the needle rollers are missing....

Repairable, yes, but not easy.

It looks to have worn below the outer race of the needle roller bearing.

A or Aplus ?

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

Idler gear yes. My mistake. Its an A + indeed the midle one.the needle rollers are missing since they broke.

you can do anything if you set your mind to it...
i rather blow it up winning than keep it together losing.

finish date set for project 1... march 2018

If it's A plus it should have had the larger needle roller bearing but there was a lot of mix/match at the change over.

As TD says, the best A plus gearbox casings (so worth saving) have the three bolt 3rd motion shaft bearing retainer.

What's the casting number, DAM **** on the gearbox part ???

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

Yust went out to look. Its dam 5626.

Edited by Rammie2000 on 16th Feb, 2014.

you can do anything if you set your mind to it...
i rather blow it up winning than keep it together losing.

finish date set for project 1... march 2018

5626 is the good one.

It's the three bolt one (stronger because the original fourth bolt was in the weakest area of the casting so made it weaker still and they thickened the casting anyway around that area on the 5626 when they deleted the bolt hole).

Worth keeping, at least until you decide what to do with it.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

Looks easy enough to repair. Just skim the thrust face flat and fit a thicker thrust washer to accommodate.

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i have no real use for it. ill use it as a mokupp engine for now so i dont have to assemble one of the others. futher than that... am happy to know its repairable. probebly end up selling it though. to store it best to drain the oil?

you can do anything if you set your mind to it...
i rather blow it up winning than keep it together losing.

finish date set for project 1... march 2018

Yes out if interest would it be ok with a roller bearing idler gear? Had a similar issue on a friends car and he just fitted Timken gear.

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