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Originally Posted by Doc Oc
Also wondering if anyone has seen a main bearing failure that didn't take out any rod bearings? And if a main bearing had failed to the point where it was loud enough to make me (and the mechanic who heard it) think a rod had snapped, wouldn't there be some slop when trying to wiggle the crank pulley?
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No sir-when a main spins it usually creates enough heat to weld bearing material/crank/main pieces together. You wont be able to wiggle it but you can usually see dark areas on whatever cap had the issue. On the S65 I had that spun the front main it was completely locked up.