spun bearing help

Harobmx477@aol.com · Post by **Harobmx477@aol.com** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 7:31 pm

i found a motor with 8000 miles on it with a spun bearing. can anyone helo me out with why it spun with that many miles..

JeffB#2 · Post by **JeffB#2** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:30 pm

No one can without tearing it apart to see it in person.

menigoz_rt · Post by **menigoz_rt** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:47 pm

It could have been a faulty bearing from the factory or they were powershifting from 2-3 and went into 1st instead or so on and spun the motor to fast. Its hard to say without tearing the motor down first.

Harobmx477@aol.com · Post by **Harobmx477@aol.com** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:57 pm

i was just curious to see if i should waste the money or not but shit its only 300 bucks for 2 motors so i think im gonna buy them lol

ZeroChad · Post by **ZeroChad** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:29 pm

If anything you should be able to piece together one!

It could have been due to oil starvation under heavy cornering as well.

Harobmx477@aol.com · Post by **Harobmx477@aol.com** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:30 pm

thants what im hopeing for.. the one has a spun bearing and the other has a cracked block. they have been sittin for a while in a shed. so i think if i replace rings the bearings and gaskets i should be able to make one good one.

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:22 am

With the pics up, I've seen your car around before. I actually really like the wheel-to-wheel vinyl on your car, man. Were you the one at the Chrysler show at the Dodge dealership the other weekend asking Dave about a spun bearing?

Harobmx477@aol.com · Post by **Harobmx477@aol.com** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:24 am

no i wasnt but i think it might have been my tall goofy friend. dave is who im buyin the motors off of.

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:28 am

Yea, I thought so, I was chilling there with them. He was a thin dude asking about his friend's spun bearing. Good luck with it man. Btw, I saw that car around here like 2 years ago, have you had it that long?

Harobmx477@aol.com · Post by **Harobmx477@aol.com** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:30 am

i got it in sept. of 08. it sits at my dads house in bangor. im hopeing its back on the road really soon. i wanna try to find some ppl the know about srts to help me lol..ive worked on mine before and im pretty sure i can do the build myself i just want someone to check my work as im goin if you know what i mean lol..

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:33 am

I know exactly what you mean. It's better to do things yourself, but it's best to do things with a partner. However, I'm not the most turbo tech savvy guy around, but there are a few relatively local guys you can meet through here and ECN that will give all the help you need.

Harobmx477@aol.com · Post by **Harobmx477@aol.com** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:35 am

im not worried about swaping the motors. i could prolly do that in my sleep ive just never put a motor together and with those motors from dave im gonna have to do it all lol..but im def. gonna do it.

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:36 am

You're buying both the good motor and the cracked block motors from him?

Harobmx477@aol.com · Post by **Harobmx477@aol.com** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:39 am

hes ggot one with a cracked block and one with a spun bearing. im hopeing out of them both i can make a good motor.

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:44 am

Yea, that's what he was hoping, too. Good luck with it, man.

Harobmx477@aol.com · Post by **Harobmx477@aol.com** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:45 am

i went and looked at them already. im pretty sure i can do it.

OB · Post by OB » Wed Jun 30, 2010 4:34 am

Bearings usually spin for a reason. Lack of lubrication is probably the leading cause of failure, especially apparent under higher loads. That's an easy fix if you know how to disassemble a short block.

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:26 pm

Just pray it didn't eat out the crank and seats in the process. A good machine shop can tell you if it will bring it out of tolerance after grinding. But your still lookin at a bit of cash to have the crank ground and some new bearings fitted.

Spun bearing motors are like the lottery... sometimes you win and most times you loose.