I am trying to install the crank and cams on my DH1101A. Is there a technique that I need to learn? I have cleaned the surfaces and lightly oiled all surfaces but the tolerances are so close I can not get them to slide into the proper location. I thought I would try lightly tapping them into place using a block of wood but I am concerned that I could damage the parts involved.
Installing the crank and cams !!!!
- Thread starter Lenny
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Lenny, how hard were they to remove? You might try polishing the surfaces with Emory cloth. A little light tapping shouldn't be a problem. If you use the emory cloth. be sure to clean all grit off before you install anything.
Hello Lenny
You may have the main bearing housings out of order. The front one is smaller then the rear one.Email me and I can help you with this. lancenewhall@gmail.com. Good Luck Lance
You may have the main bearing housings out of order. The front one is smaller then the rear one.Email me and I can help you with this. lancenewhall@gmail.com. Good Luck Lance
I didn't take the engine apart! I bought it completely disassembled and have since purchased the WSM from Kubota. As it turns out the person that I bought the tractor from had an oil pressure problem and removed the engine and sent it out for a quote on a rebuild. The price was higher than he was willing spend so he got the engine back in boxes! After reading several posts and watching some You Tube videos I am fairly confident that the pressure problem is the missing plug in the front end of the camshaft. I plastic gaged the crank and rod bearings and visual inspection shows little wear and none of the bearing had spun.
IMO plastigage is absolute trash-- the stuff is just too easy to screw up with.
Could one of the journals or one of the bearings been nicked during removal? Just a wild guess. They should go together pretty easily, even with the tight clearance that they run at.
Could one of the journals or one of the bearings been nicked during removal? Just a wild guess. They should go together pretty easily, even with the tight clearance that they run at.
After a lite clean up with a fine grit emery paper and assembling the crank and mains, everything went together with very little effort. I had used a 3M scotch pad on all of the surfaces thinking that would clean up any debris or light rust, but I was wrong. Plus I think that the weight of the assembled crank actually helps with the process. Thanks for all of the suggestions !