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Wow, guys-didn't intend to promote a spitting match!!!!!
as the guy who threw the first punch- please let me say this.
#1- if not for this forum and Pelican and JFP- odds are my Box would be on the way to the breakers instead of anticipating another 175K miles !!!.
That being said- it is sheer paternalism and massive egotism to assume that all "newbies" are at once idiots. Impact guns notwithstanding.
One might instead actually assume that if a person has their car on their own lift with the tiptronic out- there must exist at least a modicum of ability.
If not, well, you just can't save the whole world....
I merely pointed out I see/saw a lot of inconsistencies in advice regarding this procedure, and JFP is the only one who has the grace to turn on a flashlight for me.
I have no doubt I will be talking to Wayne fairly soon- as I need to make an order to complete this project.
As for the bearings choices- man this is a toughie! It's been pointed out that NONE of the items have a 100% unblemished record. No surprise, guys- entropy is the law of the universe...
Sooner or later, everything breaks.
In deference to the LN product- it looks really good. But consider this. It is my impression that bearing and tools can get north of 1200 pretty quickly. Looking around the web- seems a reasonable mileage 2.7 can be had in the 2-3K range. I have 175,000 miles on my 2003, and haven't taken off the flywheel yet. Pretty good track record for the factory bearing. Is tough for me to spend 1/2 the cost of a breakers engine on one bearing.....
Wayne has some other considerations to boot. To resell the factory bearing doesn't look too bad from my chair, lucky dog that I am. and he has a business to run. Is pretty easy math that one must survive to live another day. 165 bucks versus 700 bucks notwithstanding, if someone actually replaced the bearing every 30K miles, then the Pelican bearing would be 120K miles on new bearings for the same bucks....not a bad deal....I've got 175K on the original bearing!!! I just am not interested in pulling the tranny every 30K to replace considering I drive 120 mile daily commute!!!!So all things being equal, will opt for the bearing that gives me the best chance of survivability for this little go buggy I've come to like so well......
Now, who sells the aftermarket cam locks???????haven't found them = all the cam kits seem to have 1 lock in them , and is my understanding from all the procedure's out there that 2 are needed!!!!
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