Exactly. No way for the pilot bearing bits to get into the engine.

Mark

PSD wrote:
> I'm pretty sure the pilot bearing goes into a blind hole.  That's the way it
> is on most engines.  You shouldn't have any problem.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Mark Milby
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 3:54 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Pilot bearing failure
>
> So where do all of the little roller in the pilot bearing go when it has
> catastrophic failure. Many of them were on the flywheel. What I am worried
> about is the ones that potentially went into the motor. Is that possible.
> It is to dark to see through the hole in the crankshaft.
>
>