Cossie
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Hi
Just bought a set of big ends and they are AE brand and their part number is listed as good for the x16xe but looking to them they have a hole in the bearing and my old one does not have is it something strange they are the same size if I fit where should I fit the bearing with hole on the upper part or lower section of the rod ????
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SportBoy
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the hole should be on the upper part
[Edited on 17-12-2008 by SportyBoy]
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barneykarl
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Yes on top, I rebuilt a mk11 1.8 sri cav engine years ago and had the same type, managed to get the crank out with the engine still in car , anyone know how I did it ? 
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Cossie
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i have changed the main caps with crank in place  and now doing big end with rod in place easy but it takes time to clean everything !
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barneykarl
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I mean I removed the crank to get it reground with engine still in car. 
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Ellis
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quote:
Originally posted by barneykarl
I mean I removed the crank to get it reground with engine still in car.
Did you cut it in half? 
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barneykarl
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no.
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Cossie
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quote:
Originally posted by barneykarl
I mean I removed the crank to get it reground with engine still in car.
you had to remove gearbox to do that due to flywheel !
anyways the bearing with hole on the upper section of the rod but why there is no holes in the rod for oil to circulate to somewhere else !
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barneykarl
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cossie, no, someone on here must have owned a mk11 cav dead easy to change the clutch thats a clue.
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Cossie
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i think i know as some gearbox have window even some corsa had that and you can remove flywheel bolts !!
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barneykarl
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Correct you could change the clutch without touching the gearbox ,access was through a coverplate, then you could just get to the flywheel bolts with a shallow socket, then remove oil pump etc from the other end then drop the crank also remove pistons etc , in fact apart from a rebore you could rebuild the engine I was lucky just had to hone mine and fit new rings if only it was that easy today. 
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Cossie
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Did I won something for answering correct hah lol !!!
actually I had replace a gearbox casing on my other corsa with one that had window but still could not do that as flywheel was a pot one hahah 
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