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Old 01-16-2024, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by unruhjonny View Post
How in the world did you break the front bearing retainer?

You could call up THESE guys, they have a shelf full of SM330 parts - they may have a car front bearing retainer for you.

I bought one several years ago for what was then my spare 'A' gear set transmission, so i could part with it...

If you are able to turn down a truck one, I'd prefer to part with that one.

Car front bearing retainer installed:


Truck front bearing retainer installed:


I found the casted part numbers too hard to make out - which is why I never gave them in my own "wanted" thread HERE.

Here is the machined face of the truck bearing retainer:

You can see that there IS enough meat to machine it down...
I'm not really sure how it broke. New pilot bushing and throwout bearing, and the fork and its pivot ball are in good shape. Only thing I can think of is maybe it got cracked while it was kicking around my shop for a year before we installed it

I don't have any way to turn down a truck one; do you have any car ones for sale? If so, how much shipped to 38375?

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Importsmasher

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