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Terry Bride · 03-20-2019, 12:30 PM

[QUOTE=Rich Biebel;585328]It was definitely from a lack of oil issue....

A small Plug down inside a passage under the rear cap....
/QUOTE]

After looking at the state of the mains on your original dis-assembly, this is where I would look first.
If this was missed on the original build, it has been circulating unfiltered oil all along.
How much oil pressure did you have on the dyno prior to the bearing failure?

03-20-2019, 12:30 PM	#1036
Terry Bride Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 23 Likes: 8 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit. [QUOTE=Rich Biebel;585328]It was definitely from a lack of oil issue.... A small Plug down inside a passage under the rear cap.... /QUOTE] After looking at the state of the mains on your original dis-assembly, this is where I would look first. If this was missed on the original build, it has been circulating unfiltered oil all along. How much oil pressure did you have on the dyno prior to the bearing failure?