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Originally Posted by Old Man Taylor
My experience is the opposite of Tom Vaught's. My car originally came with a pilot bearing. I had built one engine with a crank that was not machined for a bearing, but I didn't discover it until I was installing the engine. My short term solution was to use a bushing and cut down the outside diameter. It worked fine, but it didn't last long. Since then (1979) I have used nothing but a bearing. I have never had any problem at all from using a bearing. That included power shifting the car at the drags.
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If everyone's experiences were the same what fun would that be.
I think I soured on the bearing as the input shaft was also hurt and that was unexpected $$$ and I knew nothing about Muncie transmissions at the time.
If the trans had not a problem (at the same time) I probably would be running a bearing.
Tom V.
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