Air Cooled Vw Thrust Bearing

This is all based around the main bearing wearing over a long period and developing a more sloppy fit in the journal the bearing sits in.

Air cooled vw thrust bearing.

If your machine shop specializes in air cooled vws they may have a set of main bearings ready. If they aren t be prepared to make another trip back. Stock vw cam bearings only had 1 thrust bearing this set provides 2 to halve the thrust bearing wear. Generally machine shops will cut down the engine case at the flywheel side to perfectly match an oversized bearing.

We serve the vw parts and vw tech needs of owners of aircooled type 1 vw beetle karmann ghia type 181 thing type 2 volkswagen bus type 3 vw squareback fastback squareback and type 411. Here s a neat trick to save your air cooled vw engine block when the thrust had been knocked out and a double oversize thrust bearing won t work. This is a really good idea to use on any engine that uses stiffer than stock valves prings or uses a bigger than stock camshaft. It s important to note that each thrust bearing will have a bearing tang on it.

Theory behind thrust wear. We provide the classic vw hobby with tech tips project advice and quality parts for vw restoration vw performance and custom aircooled vw projects. Watch as john edwards costa mesa r d automotive. The thrust measurement is determined by measuring the thickness of the last main journal on the flywheel end of the engine.

Includes 6 shells to do 1 engine. The stock measurement for thrust is 0 864 and it can be cut as much as 0 080 under. So you may have heard people in the scene referring to end float and engines being worn out with excessive play.