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- Cambridge, Ontario
I did this swap about 4.5 years ago and used a bushing instead of a pilot bearing. The bushing I used came with the tranny as a swap kit.
I'm swapping engines and need to put my 1998 AX-15 onto a 1989 4.0L. I know the O.D of the bushings used in the 1989 engines is about 1" and the 1998 engines closer to 1.75". It appears as though the crank in the 1989 engine has two stepped in locations...one about 1.75" and the other deeper at 1".
Do all 4.0L's have the same crank or are the ends of some different? Can I use the pilot bearing from the 1998 year (1.75" O.D) and press it into the outer portion of my 1989 crank? If I do this will the tranny input shaft splines go in far enough to hit this pilot bearing?
What have others done?
I'm swapping engines and need to put my 1998 AX-15 onto a 1989 4.0L. I know the O.D of the bushings used in the 1989 engines is about 1" and the 1998 engines closer to 1.75". It appears as though the crank in the 1989 engine has two stepped in locations...one about 1.75" and the other deeper at 1".
Do all 4.0L's have the same crank or are the ends of some different? Can I use the pilot bearing from the 1998 year (1.75" O.D) and press it into the outer portion of my 1989 crank? If I do this will the tranny input shaft splines go in far enough to hit this pilot bearing?
What have others done?