trans. bearing failed

[hotrodaj_2]

Some friends and I went riding this weekend and a bearing failed in my trans. I'm pretty sure it's the bearing on the shaft that the clutch bolts to. It started makeing a bad sound so we headed back to camp. I took the clutch apart thinking that was it. I spun the clutch by hand when everything was loose. It made a horrable sound with clutch discs out and spinning buy hand. The shaft even moves in and out a little. I'm pretty sure it's those bearings locating that clutch shaft. The bearing was suspect when I put the case back together. I pinched some pennys and it cost me dollars. That's what I get. Tearing engine apart this week, damn.

 

[sicivicdude]

It shouldn't cost you dollars, just time.

The only costs you shouldn incur will be the gasket set (which is not terrible) and the bearing itself (if you're lucky and escaped relatively unharmed).

Not much difference in cost than if you had replaced it before, while you had the engine apart.

 

[JonS]

i like pinching pennies too, but when something as important as a bearing is involved i don't halfass it. lesson learned for you and glad it didn't hurt anything else.

 

[hotrodaj_2]

It shouldn't cost you dollars, just time.

The only costs you shouldn incur will be the gasket set (which is not terrible) and the bearing itself (if you're lucky and escaped relatively unharmed).

Not much difference in cost than if you had replaced it before, while you had the engine apart.

Your right, It's not a costly problem. My time is cheap too. I kick myself because I thought the bearing might be hurt a little during assembly. I am anal when it comes to engine assembly, I check everything. I saw one dent in the sealed bearing housing. A dent there means something is coming apart inside bearing. Because it was only one dent and no other defects I did'nt change it. The location of the noise tells me it's that bearing. I'll split and fix soon. I'll post what went wrong in near future.