hello guys i have taken my s2 engine apart all is left is bottom end and gearbox, is there a way i can tell if my bearings are gone, as i would like to see it with my own eyes rather than someone saying YA there fucked mate!

If anyone can help i would be very greatful !!!!

 

best way to take the end cap off the con rod and have a look mate, you should see if there worn and you we see if they have fooked the crank as well.

 

take the caps off and look at em

if they ar escored up and changed colour (gone thru teh top coating)
they are buggered

if they look same all over they are prob ok, cranks needs a look too
i have 4 engines with duff big ends, not found anywhere to have the cranks done yet so they just stack up

 

so taking the sump of then taking the crank off? sorry mate have not been this far with the engine

 

yer take the sump off (but drain oil first ) then you will see the con rods where they bolt to the crank, take the caps of the rods, held on with 2 bolts, and you will see the bearing shell inside.
they should be a white colour and no scoring on them. mine where goldy brown colour when i took mine out, so they where totaly fooked.

 

thanks alot guys you the best will have a crack at it on friday and will report what i find

 

hello guys got sump off can you give me a step by step guide in what to do next sorry to be a pain but dont want to undone something i shouldnt, any help would be great.

 

a haynes manual should help

 

If they look like this then there knackered....





What makes you suspect your bearings have gone, was the engine knocking?

As said above you need to take the big end bolts out and remove the con-rod caps, keep them in order - number one cap with number one rod etc. Once the caps are off you will be able to remove the bearings.

 

Cool thanks guys will crack with it tomorrow I love cars

 

Hello guys got round to taking the caps off and i have a little scoring on number 4 and two of the bearing sheild was a light brown? rest looked white and clean is this where my problem is and can i just change them all, or do i have to get the crank out?

thanks guys for your help!

 

if your crank journals are not scored then just try a new set of big end shells and see how you go. go easy with it for a few hundred miles to bed them in though

 

hello again guys if i just got new bearings and put them in and the crank is fucked whats the damage i would be looking at if it goes wrong?

 

it would just fuck your bearings up again

 

anything else?

 

obviously if you kept on driving it with big ends knocking you would fuck your crank up. what i'm saying is, if the crank surfaces look ok (no noticable grooves) then there is a chance that your shells had just worn out and you would get away with new shells, but if the crank journals are scored then the only course of action is a regrind which unfortunatly means an engine out job. so if it were me and the crank looked ok i would gamble on some new shells.

 

might give it a go if it works i buy you all a beer