New rear Silent Shaft bearings installed with the proper (dealer) tool

Periodic adjustment of the drive chain for these is required, see instructions at the bottom of this page

We use the dealer tool to install new rear bearings.  These are just two of several that were made by Miller Special Tools.  If you don't want to obtain the dealer tool then take your block to a machine shop and have them install these bearings for you.  You may reuse your old shafts if they aren't scored or you can have them turned down and use an oversized bearing or you can purchase new shafts -which are available aftermarket.  When we do eliminate the shafts the rotating assembly is taken to the machine shop to be neutrally balanced.  Your results on not rebalancing the rotating assembly and just installing the BSEK will vary widely.  When not neutrally re-balancing the rotating assembly after a BSEK is installed, you will likely feel increased vibrations since they are now no longer being canceled out and that is felt much more noticeably on a manual tranny car than in an automatic.  Since this motor is in an automatic tranny car and since the shafts that were in the motor are in great condition we reused them.  I'm not going to start a debate whether or not your experiences were positive or negative after installing a BSEK just that when we do use one, we take the effected parts together to the machine shop to be re-balanced.

genuine replacement inserts same as original	note no inner groove	Beck-Arnley replacement bearings with center oiling groove	the small front bearing is in here, real PITA to get at	new bearing slips snugly over dealer installation tool
fits flush	if you have dead shafts, don't worry if you don't want to purchase new ones, oversized bearings are available or have your old ones turned!	this is the dealer bearing removal tool, with an old bearing on it, just insert and tighten the nut to pull the bearing out	end cap fits into the bearing to pull it out intact (this is an old bearing on here)	fold over the end cap to insert into or remove the old bearing
upper shaft bearing bore	heavy grease to protect the bearing surface	8-10 moderate hits with a small sledge and it's in, oil the bore where the bearing is inserted into as specified in the dealer manual, NOT DRY	bearing fully inserted, tool will hit it's stop on the other end preventing over-insertion	wipe away the grease, shiney :) just like it's supposed to be
grease on the tool to keep the bearing surface protected	lower bearing bore, don't forget to oil it first	bearing ready to install	the tool makes setting the depth foolproof, notice the 2 holes in the block at the #1 main, the 2nd hole feeds the upper shaft & chain jet oiler	tool removed
look at the extra oil that will be provided for the shafts with these redesigned inserts

the two dealer tools you need, or suitable substitutes

Adjustment of the drive chain