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Originally Posted by MagicRat
Yeah, if you've nicked the bearing, you may have nicked the crank journal as well.
Generally it's best to at least polish the crank journals with fine emery cloth, which it tough to do while its still in.
The last time I pulled the engine in one of these was ..... in 1990. I used a 3 ft long 1/2-inch drive extension bar with a swivel joint at one end to get the bell housing bolts.
If this is a 4x4, use the bar. You can loosen /lower the tranny mount for a bit of access.
If this is a 2wd, I would be tempted simply to pull both the engine and trans at the same time. It saves some time in lining up the bell-housing during reinstallation. It also gives you a chance to look at the tranny mount. If its original, its probably shot  |
A guy I know who has done a lot of them this way and he said it's way easier to just pull the tranny and engine together. Since I had such a PITA experience doing my grand cherokee not getting the splines in mesh the last time I think I'll just do that. As I recall there's not much that is hard to get to down tranny way and I have enough clearance to swing it all with that crane and equalizer bar. Fun fun but if I want my boat back in action its gonna happen one way or the other soon.