Fenda's uber garage Engine Build

[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.

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.

[Fendamonky]

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.

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.

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.

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..