What were the symptoms of the failure?

Jack Botts
Columbia, MO
'86 Vanagon Westfalia Weekender
'14 Passat SE TDI

> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 08:43:24 -0400
> From: obxmilby@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: Pilot bearing failure
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> You guys were right. After pulling the bearing, all of the pieces where
> contained in the end of the crankshaft. So it is all cleaned up and I am
> putting in the diesel style pilot bearing and doing away with the felt
> washer and retaining ring.
> 
> Thanks for the help
> 
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 4:49 PM, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) <
> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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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> Mm