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    Supporting Member II Turbo Mopar Contributor A.J.'s Avatar
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    Re: Replacing thrust washers with Torrington thrust bearings

    I bought a lathe http://www.grizzly.com/products/Griz...xis-DRO/G0752Z

    I started machining my sun gear to fit the torrington bearing. It's coming along pretty well. The only problem I'm having is figuring out how to get the mirror finish that I started with.

    A problem I ran into is on the planetary gear set. I want to machine it so I can insert a bearing race. The problem I'm having is is the pivots for the individual planetary gears are hardened steel. The lathe can't cut them. I tried grinding them down with my whizzer wheel but I'm just making a mess of them.

    I tried looking on-line for solutions to these problems but haven't found any yet.

    I'm going to try posting pictures. If they're not viewable and someone has some ideas to make them visible, please PM me solutions, don't post them here and clutter up the thread.

    Uncut on the left, cut for the bearing on the right.
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    Bearing inserted
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    Uncut on the left, attempted cut/mangled on the right, bearing race that I want to insert top middle.
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    Boost, it's what's for dinner... Turbo Mopar Staff Aries_Turbo's Avatar
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    Re: Replacing thrust washers with Torrington thrust bearings

    A.J. I downloaded your latest pics before they disappeared and reattached them via the "go advanced, manage attachments" method that works. i did this in your roadkill 3k hooptie thread as well.

    I cant follow you around forever though so it would be helpful to use this method rather than the quick reply method of attaching pics that doesnt work.

    Brian

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    This one is easy, I have myself to blame, I rush things, don't pay attention to gauges when I should, change to much stuff at once then expect miracles, the list is endless.

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    Re: Replacing thrust washers with Torrington thrust bearings

    I expect your planetary to break next. I'd just get a caged bearing and do it right. You should only need around .050" off the shell from memory.

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    Re: Replacing thrust washers with Torrington thrust bearings

    GM Part# 8642191
    700R4 application

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