Greg Fletcher
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Too bad about that, Rick, that's really blows. The pilot bearing cannot be installed backwards as the input shaft would never go in, unless it was smashed in somehow. I've never heard of failure with this low mileage myself, but everyone knows that this particular needle bearing, by design, is less than robust. If some of those small, little rollers fell out before installation was complete, I guess it could fail much sooner. I've always used the stock pilot bearing myself all these years, but installing a bronze bush in it's place, (an Oil Lite bushing) would be a safer alternative.
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