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Originally Posted by C. Ludwig
There is supposed to be a slight difference in the gear that makes the 8 more suitable for high revs, but they're interchangeable. The whole 8 gear/bearing isn't a whole lot more than the bearing itself. Even closer in price once you factor in having someone press the bearing for you and how many they'll possibly screw up.
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Yeah, the gears are around a hundred dollars more than the bearings. I'm leaning towards the thought of just putting the 8 bearings in because I have the press tool for main bearings and rotor bearings, and my neighbor has a press that I can use.
Since I'm REALLY short on extra money right now (moving and had to hire a lawyer for work related stuff) I'm trying to cut out unnecessary expenses.
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Originally Posted by C. Ludwig
The oil passages of the 8 gear do not properly line up with the 7 irons. A little work with a die grinder fixes that issue.
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Really? I was under the impression that the main alignment issues between 7/8 was from the stat gears to the e-shaft... if the 8 stat gear doesn't line up right with the 7 iron (without modification) than that's one more reason to just swap bearings (unless I'm misunderstanding what you said).
So I got the keg cracked open last night. Well... I got the rear stat gear and the studs out, along with the front stack and stat gear. The rear stat gear didn't want to slide off easily, so I gave it a couple gentle taps with a hammer and block of wood, it came right out.
Both stat gears look good, the bearings are obviously needing replacement, but nothing is spun so far.
I had to stop breaking the engine down last night because the wife was tired/hungry and we had already agreed to grab chinese food for dinner
I pulled the rear iron this morning before work, the iron looks great, the rotor looks great. Photobucket is being a bitch right now so I'm having issues uploading pics... I'll dump the pics in when I'm able to get them from my phone to the interwebs..