Good Info all, Thanks. I was not sure about the Dia., thesamba seemed to
have conflicting opinions. I have an '85.
I will see when I get it. I have an "INA" bearing with the felt washer as a
back up but do not trust the quality since that is the part that failed so
catastrophically.

On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 12:10 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> If the pilot bearing is shot you need to look carefully at the input
> shaft. If it is chewed up it will need to be replaced. That diesel bearing
> may look like it fits. When the flywheel goes on it will collapse the outer
> shell and the input shaft will not be able to spin free or it may even jam
> as the trans is being reinstalled.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Mark Milby
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 8:43 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Pilot bearing failure
>
> 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
>

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Mm