Rod Bearings?
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Rod Bearings?
So i just changed my oil today and i was looking in the botton of the pan after i drained the oil out of it and it had a few chunks of brass and i was looking at them and after i rubbed them in my finger for a second they would just fall apart into like super fine grit or something i wouldnt think that brass bearings would do that or are they coming from something elsa other than then the rod bearings? the motors in a 2002 f-250 superduty 5.4 with around 135,000
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well has anyone on here pulled the oil pan off a 4wd superduty? i was just wondering if i would have to hoist the motor up ro get it off or can i just pull the pan bolt out and slide it out without having to lift the motor up
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OEM rod and main bearings are all aluminum in the modulars,with a thin steel backing plate for strength. No brass or copper in them at all,so it was not bearing that you were seeing in the oil. I've torn down several modulars that had well over 200K miles on them,and it's amazing how well they hold up-the bottom end is solid and stays square with the crankshaft due to the deep-skirt block design. They rarely wear out the bearings or spin bearing unless there's abuse or lack of proper maintenance going on.
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I'll bet that's what you're seeing.
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