4AGE spigot bearing help!

[Starfire]

Hi guys,

I am trying to install a spigot bearing in to a 4age bigport engine from an AE82 for my tercel conversion (click the link in my sig if you want more info about that).

I got the engine out ok, but the problem is that I cant get the damn bearing in - it almost fits but I just cant get it in there.

I gave the hole in the end of the crank a light sand as it was a little corroded but this didnt help. The manual shows the use of a punch like tool and a rather large hammer to get one in there.

Does anyone have any ideas what I can do? I would really like to get this engine back in the car this weekend. Does anyone have or know where I can get the required tool?

Cheers,
Terry

[oldcorollas]

try and give it more of a sand and make sure there is no rust in there at all... the rust makes the hole smaller.. and the bearing is a tight fit.

an appropriate sized sockeyt/steel tube and hammer (maybe a smear of grease) should be enough to get in there, but be very sure you are hitting it in square... not gonna go in sideways at all (you already know that tho..) (and hit the outside of the bearing, not the inside)

can you measure both the hole and the spigot? bearing definitely the right item?

if it's a bitch to get in.. it's gonna be worse coming out

i vote there is still some corrosion, or decrease in diameter due to corrosion in there.... if you run a razor blade around inside it, can you feel anything?

[Starfire]

It's nicely cleaned and smooth now with the sandpaper, it didnt help much. I've tried whacking it with a socket too but that didnt help, nor did the grease. It seems to want to go in on an angle for some reason.

I'll get some rougher sandpaper on to it in the moring. In the mean time the bearing is in the freezer to try and shrink it down a little...

[Negative Boost]

I just used a flat end of a steel block up against the bearing and hammered it in that way. Went in perfectly and i havnt had any issues with it yet!

[WHITCHY]

where did u get the bearing from? I got one from toyota the other day and it was the wrong size!
What is the number on the bearing? it should be like 600 or something. the one toyota gave me was 602 and it wouldnt fit in. I went to the local auto shop and asked for a 4age spigot bearing and they gave me the 600 one. I will have a look at the bearing in my spare motor tomorrow when I get home and give u the correct numbers.
Goodluck
-Whitchy-

[Starfire]

I got the bearing from toyota. It is marked as 6001v.

[Matt-AE86]

It seems you have the right spigot, as quoted on excedy clutch site, part no. 6001. And I also remember this part number from when I have replaced the bearing a phew times.

[Starfire]

Well, I'm going to put the engine in the sun to warm up a bit - the bearing is already in the freezer.

I'll fix the oil leak on the MR2 and try my luck with the spigot.

[Starfire]

Thanks for the help guys,

The bearing is now in

I have given rep to each of you that replied.

[Negative Boost]

Awsomeness, glad you got it in mate.

[Grega]

good job
yes 6001v is the right bearing
a light smear of oil on the outside helps it go in
if you don't hit it in straight it will seem hard to go in, level it up and all good.