Important: ballance shaft removal kit question

[sleepswithnoise]

Well, what i need to know is... Im doing a engine rebuild... and i got the ballance shaft removal kit, but they forgot to send me the bearings that have no holes in them to block off the oil passage in the front shaft. So, can i just not line the hole up with the hole in the bearing and be alright? or should i call the place and complain?

 

[rgurleyjr81]

Just leave the front shaft in. It won't hurt anything.

 

[blackGSX2g]

No, thats all any block-off kit will give you. You just need to install the bearings to the holes don't line up. As long as they don't line up, your oil holes will be blocked and you don't need the shaft in your block at all.

 

[Xit40]

Yeah as blackGSX2g stated you just need to oil holes to not line up. I just did mine over the past weekend and the factory bearings they give you have holes in them. You just have to make sure the holes don't line up. I would buy new bearings though because it's hell to get them out without ruining them. Use the front shaft to knock them out and if you can reuse them, but it's nice to have extra ones in case you can't get them out without ruining them. Just kinda put the shaft in at a small angle to get the front bearing out and reverse the shaft to get the rear bearing out. You're going to have to rig something up to put the rear bearing back in. I used a long bolt with some washers that just fit inside the bearing and bigger washers behind it to knock it in with. Good luck.