Okay, rookie question. Installing new main bearings, standard size. I already figured out that I screwed up by breaking all of the caps free, and I think I shifted the crank -- I now Know one at a time, and will never forget! Here is the hang up, all of the uppers installed smoothly except for second one from the front. I have tried tapping the whole crank with a dead blow, tried hooking the bearing and rolling it in, and tried tapping the bearing in with a wooden handle. All I have accomplished is bending the bearing (very slightly) and got it to go only (at most) an inch in. Right now all of the main bearing caps are loose. Do I need another new bearing? Advice....?
Rookie question number 2: How the heck do I get the upper rear main seal out?
Third and final question -- assuming that I don't explode my car, If I ever get the new bearing in, what sequence should the caps be tightened in?
Rookie question number 2: How the heck do I get the upper rear main seal out?
Third and final question -- assuming that I don't explode my car, If I ever get the new bearing in, what sequence should the caps be tightened in?