Dropped engine and found strange ball bearing

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Dropped engine and found strange ball bearing

#1 Post by Harold Singh »

Posted here as well with a photo. Should it be there?

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It's in the recess where the starter rides. Couldn't find a reference to it in the manual.

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#2 Post by Bruce Smith »

Harold - Can't open your picture but it might be from from a vent in one of your valve covers.
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No photo bucket anymore! Sure what to do about that.
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#4 Post by John Brooks »

try edit, and "add file: at the bottom. Post the photos here. There are several small bearings inside the starter around the shaft.
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The bearing was actually laying on the ledge. I popped it in there to see if that's where it went?
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That is where the end of the starter sits. Just FYI. Has anyone seen this before?
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#8 Post by John Brooks »

That is too large to have come out of the starter bendix. There is a bushing in there not a ball.
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Pretty strange. Leaving it out for sure.
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#10 Post by Ron LaDow »

Looks like maybe m5 dia.? I can't place ANY bearing ball of that diameter anywhere outside of, maybe, the transmission. Or axles.
Practical joke?
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#11 Post by Greg Bryan »

Does the throw-out bearing look like it could have coughed out a ball?
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#12 Post by Harold Singh »

Greg Bryan wrote:Does the throw-out bearing look like it could have coughed out a ball?

No it is fine and completely intact.
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Re: Dropped engine and found strange ball bearing

#13 Post by Rusty Ferrell »

The bushing extractor tool has a small ball bearing in the end to spread the jaws of the tool, not sure of diameter.
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#14 Post by Norm Miller »

Harold,

Maybe it was laid by a ball weevil and couldn't get out.

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#15 Post by Greg Bryan »

Rusty may be on to the right track.
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The ball spreads the fingers. Perhaps an over-zealous operator pushed it right out last time the bushing was changed ...
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