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Old 01-27-2022, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Sirrotica View Post
I never worked on any stick shift older cars with the straight eight, or sixes from Pontiac, so not sure how far back they used the ball bearing pilot bearing.
So I decided to see if I could figure out how far back Pontiac used the 7109 (part number is 907109) bearing and the first thing I found was that Pontiac used the same bearing from`1941 through at least 1966 (the date of my parts catalog). The next thing I found was that it wasn't a 7109 bear, but a part number 907321.

I KNOW I replaced the bearing in my '57 347V8 with a 7109 when I had the tranny out.
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