65 has an aluminum inner primary and a support bearing. First year. Shovels - on have them 
65 pan IPB
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65 pan IPB
Still in the process of working on my 65 pan. There is a lot to stuff that needs work but one thing has come up. I need to replace the inner primary bearing. It's a 1 x 2 x 0.47" bearing with seal on one side.. Is it OK to simply use a 1 x 2 x 0.5 sealed bearing in it's place?
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Still in the process of working on my 65 pan. There is a lot to stuff that needs work but one thing has come up. I need to replace the inner primary bearing. It's a 1 x 2 x 0.47" bearing with seal on one side.. Is it OK to simply use a 1 x 2 x 0.5 sealed bearing in its place?
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If it's the mainshaft bearing in the tranny, I think you want it exposed to gear oil for durability. Check out this video, which is what I used to guide my own rebuild. Kaiser shows the bearing R&R, and I'm almost positive I remember him discussing use of a sealed bearing:
rebuilding a 4-speed tranny
rebuilding a 4-speed tranny
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As a semi dry OEM system we found iso the primary gives it way more life as it have a live 8 oz of active oil in the unit all the time
I have used a sealed bearing using plastic shields and then packing the bearing with aircraft landing wheel grease if i ont have the two car garage green grease if using the OEM set up
I have used a sealed bearing using plastic shields and then packing the bearing with aircraft landing wheel grease if i ont have the two car garage green grease if using the OEM set up
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You can pop one of the seals out if you want to stay OEM other wise I've run the dual seal bearing for year in them.
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As a semi dry OEM system we found iso the primary gives it way more life as it have a live 8 oz of active oil in the unit all the time
I have used a sealed bearing using plastic shields and then packing the bearing with aircraft landing wheel grease if i ont have the two car garage green grease if using the OEM set up
I have used a sealed bearing using plastic shields and then packing the bearing with aircraft landing wheel grease if i ont have the two car garage green grease if using the OEM set up
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And the only modification I made to my primary is that now it is vented. The 1965 - e1966 aluminum primary units for Big twin medals was non-vented which led to leaks. HD fixed the problems with a vented primary and sold a retro-fit kit for the early models
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