pretty sure that the diesel pilot bearing won't go into the crankshaft
flush ..
so a bit of material needs to be removed from the wbx flywheel...

either machine out a .040" or so deep relief area ..or just bore out the
center hole a bit larger.

On 8/14/2015 2:43 AM, Mark Milby wrote:
> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>
> --
> Mm
>