assuming this is a waterboxer ..
is the felt seal and retaining ring for it there ?

I've seen many missing.

On 8/13/2015 10:14 AM, vw_van_fan_Mark wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
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