Trevor Jordan wrote:
>
> At 0:00 +1000 14/10/97, Paul Burr wrote:
>
> >John; The side with the oil grooves faces the block. The smooth side,
> >which is the actual bearing surface, faces the crankshaft. Simple, eh?
>
> At 10:23 +1000 14/10/97, James H. Davis, Jr. wrote:
> >John,
> >Install the thrust washers so that the side with the 2 groves face the
> >crank. And you're right, the manuals make something simple seem
> >difficult.
>
> Simple? Perhaps we should take a vote on this. I hope that we can reach
> consenus before I need to change my thrust washers.
>
> My view is that the oil grooves should be in the bearing surface and face
> the crank (assuming that the TW remains stationary with respect to the
> block - why provide lubrication for a fixed interface). But then, I have
> only ever seen a photograph of a thrust washer.
>
> There would seem to be a market for bidirectional thrust washers.
>
> Trevor Jordan
> 74 TR6 CF29281U
I don't know the particulars about the TR6, but on the Spit engines you
have 2 thrust washers that are on either side of the rear main bearing.
They are inserted with the oil grooves facing outward or away from the
bearing.
Joe Curry '63 Spit
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