Yes Mike.
I have come to the conclusion that I will have the shop I choose take out all my bearings and install them in my new cases. The puller I have does not have enough space between the the holes to line up with the holes in the case so unless I buy a bigger puller I cannot get the crank out of the cases. I'll just let them do that too.

Airraptor
My right crank bearing has no slop but the left side does have play in it. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] The left bearing requires the purchase of the left half of the crank assembly as It's pressed on the shaft along with the timing chain gear. Theres another $250. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

For the balancer, there is a bearing and a seal inside the case. They will have to pull them from the inside out. You cannot get to it form the outside. Can this be done? Should I just get that bearing and seal? Also whats the chances of them stripping the screws that hold some these bearings in their place with retainer covers? Should I go ahead and oreder up those also? I want to make sure I have everything so the turn around is as fast as possible. Thanks.

 

Off the subject, but Wash, how does those 4 month old 02 tranny gears look. Everything fine in that dept. Just wondering.

 

Yes, everything in the tranny area is good. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] I could have saved myself $800 in labor by doing it myself but, what the heck.