can anyone refer me to a machine shop that can accurately line bore our
2 liter bus/vanagon engine to accept oversize bearings? we need a place somewhere within a half days drive of cleveland ohio.the last shop that bored this case did not do a quality job, and right after the 1000 mile oil change, the bearing nearest the clutch seized and the recently rebuilt engine was dead.
we want to rebuild this engine and ordered new bearings, but after installing the new bearings for careful inspection today at a local machine shop, we discovered the seized bearing's bore was slightly tapered adn was out of spec on the tight side, thus making hte new bearing also too tight. Also, the center "split" bearing had a bore which was too large (.005" diameter) and out of spec even though the case was properly torqued..
the machine shop owner said this engine if rebuilt would not last as the center bearing would not carry any load while the outer bearings would take too much load adn possibly seize again, or the crankshaft would break from flexing over time..
so he suggested we have the case rebored for .040" oversize/standard bearings, buy the 040 oversize bearings adn rebuild form there..
but who can do this in ohio?
any suggestions??
thanks
hyubso