BlackBetty
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Whilst on the return leg from our trip to the Pyranees I notice a quite ticking noise. Not knowing what it was and it being very quiet I thouught I would wait and see if it got any worse. Needless to say after a week I noticed that the noise was indeed getting more prevelant. What I also noticed it was more so when I pushed the clutch in. Immediately I thought it was something to do with the new clutch I had installed just prior to doing the trip. I took her back to the garage and they dropped the gear box but could not find anything wrong with the new clutch. They then started looking further and noticed that the forward and backwards lateral movement on the crankshaft and the assumption was made that it may be the thrust bearing washer that may be a problem. They then removed the engine and opened her up and the first sign that something serious maybe wrong was when they dropped the sump and found the thrust bearing washer laying loose in the sump.
As you can see the weat on the one side was excessive to say the least. On the other side the wear was hardly noticeable but what was obvious was that they had fallen out due to the excessive wear of the opposite pair. They had actually come completely out and got caught up in the crankshaft rotation.
The main bearing journals had also sustained some damage as you can see.
The interesting thing was that the damage was only on the one side whilst the other side was completely undamaged.
The damage was similar on the main block to
I also checked the bearing cups and noticed that the wear on them was excessive
Now the question is? is there anyone that you could recommend that could do the CNC engineering to get my girl back on the road. I do belive that with the right engineering we should beable to save the engine.
I would be open to comments and suggestions.
Thanks
For those that wanted details my car is,
FJ100
GCC spec
4500 efi
1FZ-FE
with a manual gearbox
As you can see the weat on the one side was excessive to say the least. On the other side the wear was hardly noticeable but what was obvious was that they had fallen out due to the excessive wear of the opposite pair. They had actually come completely out and got caught up in the crankshaft rotation.
The main bearing journals had also sustained some damage as you can see.
The interesting thing was that the damage was only on the one side whilst the other side was completely undamaged.
The damage was similar on the main block to
I also checked the bearing cups and noticed that the wear on them was excessive
Now the question is? is there anyone that you could recommend that could do the CNC engineering to get my girl back on the road. I do belive that with the right engineering we should beable to save the engine.
I would be open to comments and suggestions.
Thanks
For those that wanted details my car is,
FJ100
GCC spec
4500 efi
1FZ-FE
with a manual gearbox