My friend purchased a refurbished long block for his 85 CJ7 and when we were installing everything back together it looks as though they used an 87 block because it looks like it takes a pilot bearing istead of the bushing. Off to Chrysler I went and purchased the bearing (which comes inside a sleeve with a notch cut into it), and when we went to install it it fits extremely tight as though it needs to be pressed into the end of the crank. Two questions came up, Which end goes in first the notched end or the other end, and is it normal for it to fit this tight? I think it will be pretty difficult to remove if we hammer it in and find out its incorrect. While I was at the dealer I went to order the Mopar MPI kit for my CJ and the price has gone up almost $2000 in the past month!! They said that they are going to stop making it so the price has increased dramatically. Has anyone else heard of this??
Thanks,
Jay
84 CJ7 33x12.5 MTR's