XJDP96
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- rotterdam ny
i just replaced my rear main seal (4.0L ax15 139k) i had to pull the starter the steering stabilizer and the oil pick up tube. i had to use a hammer handle to pry the pan out. the nuts for the bearing brace where partly triangulated and the threads on one of the rear bearing cap bolts where the brace bolts to were partly flattened. i oiled both sides of the bearing witch i found out later is a bad idea. torqued everything to spec. when i took it for a 5 minute test drive it was knocking and pinging:firedevil. so i had to find out why so i did the whole thing again. when i got to the bearing cap bolt i tried retorqueing them and one was loose this made me think that the cap was never fully seated. so i pulled the bearing cap and cleaned the bearing with brake cleaner and only oiled the crank side this time. put it all back together all torqued to spec and the motor is still knocking and pinging. i have no idea what to do now, do you guys have any idea what i might have done wrong and what i should do next. thanks allot for reading this long post