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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Colorado - Denver
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Pilot bearing knocked out my engine plug
Help I have a 90 zr1 I was replacing the pilot bearing on and I knocked out the engine plug behind it. Any tips on how deep to set my new plug since I don't have a reference now. And tips or tricks to set it right. Thanks everyone.
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Sparks, NV
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Re: Pilot bearing knocked out my engine plug
The search feature for this forum is your friend. It’s what makes the big difference between a forum like this and Facebook. The later being very difficult to search.
The following thread should help. Good luck and don’t worry, this stuff happens to all of us. H  http://www.zr1.net/forum/showthread....ght=Crankshaft |
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Colorado - Denver
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Re: Pilot bearing knocked out my engine plug
Thank you so much
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Northridge, CA
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Re: Pilot bearing knocked out my engine plug
By "I knocked out the engine plug behind it" do you mean
pushed the rear engine seal into the engine? Can that happen? That would be no bueno.
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Colorado - Denver
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Re: Pilot bearing knocked out my engine plug
Yes I popped the plug into the motor and need to install a new plug after I tear the entire clutch and flywheel out again. Ugh.
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03-16-2020
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Location: Squires (near Ava MO in the Mark Twain N'tl Forest) - Missouri
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Re: Pilot bearing knocked out my engine plug
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03-16-2020
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Colorado - Denver
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Re: Pilot bearing knocked out my engine plug
No big deal. It drops into the oil pan and you put in a new one. I’m told it will be ok if I set the new one correctly. More worried about not screwing that up and what the best depth is to put it back in since I have no reference as to where it was originally. Ugh
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03-17-2020
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Northern VA
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Re: Pilot bearing knocked out my engine plug
The rear crankshaft cup plug seals the lube oil bore in rear main journal. There is another pressed in cup plug located forward of it to seal the other end of the bore.
Image1584498084.240205.jpg The dislodged cup plug should be fished out first before installing a new plug. Be sure to thoroughly clean the rear cup plug sealing area with suitable solvent and install using Loctite 620 and J38837 rear cup plug installation tool according to FSM instructions. Sent from my iPhone using ZR-1 Net Registry
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Re: Pilot bearing knocked out my engine plug
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Colorado - Denver
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Re: Pilot bearing knocked out my engine plug
Do you have any thoughts on how to fish this out given that it was a tight seal engine plug that was pushed in. I fear it won’t come out but Haibecks thought was that it would just drop into the pan and wouldn’t be an issue. I appreciate the different thoughts here as I’m not certain what the effects could be if I can’t get it out.
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