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February 2003
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Re: 3sgte rebuild parts
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Thu, 12 February 2004 03:34
 
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Bearings are a bit weird in a 3SGTE.
Toyota make 5 different bearing thicknesses for the main journals, and 3 different sizes for the rod bearings.
Toyota charge $41.83 for Crank bearings 1,2,4 and 5 EACH!!
$48.30 for crank bearing #3 (its larger than the others)
They charge $31.90 EACH for the rod bearings.
Basically you'd be up for around $800 in bearings if you go geniune.
The reason Toyota (and virtually no-one else) does this is because when they make a crank, they don't regrind it. Rather they measure the crank, and select the right sized bearings.
You can tell what sized bearings to use by reading the number stamped on the crank and the number stamped on the block (on the sump mounting edge). You add them together to get the bearing number required. My crank was 0,1,0,0,0 and my block was 2,2,2,2,2. Therefore the bearings I need are sized : 2,3,2,2,2. Get my drift??? 
Other manufacturers just grind the crank journals all to the same size and fit a universal bearing size. (Standard, 10, 20 etc).
Rod bearings have 3 different sizes. The number required is stamped on the side of the rod (or bottom of the rod cap, I can't remember).
So you've got a choice. Pay Toyota $800, or pay for aftermarket ones that come in the one standard size and grind your crank to suit.
I went for the latter option, rather than pay $800 for 18 strips of metal.
My bearings are a "King" brand, and cost $47 for the entire crank journal set, and $40 for the rod bearing set. Crank grinding was $50 at the local machine shop (although I had other work done at the same time, so maybe that is cheapish).
Thrust washers are also a ripoff from Toyota, go aftermarket if you need them. As are rings.. ($240 from Toyo, $76 aftermarket).
EDIT: Oh, I'd go TopGun (or Magnecor if you can afford it) for the leads. The nology type ones seem to be very poor bang for buck.
Don't forget the rest of the ignition system (dizzy cap, rotor etc) will need work as well if you are running 18psi+
[Updated on: Thu, 12 February 2004 03:37]
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