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S/ST 3040 · 09-11-2017, 04:51 PM

I wiped out the thrust bearing in my 340. After a lot of thought, I determined the failure came from
stacking the weight of the engine and transmission on the driveshaft at the hit. I had eliminated the
engine mounts and was utilizing an engine plate and OEM transmission mount to locate the engine.
After the crank repair, I added a fore and aft limiter. I've had harder launches since then and no sign
of thrust failure.

The first thing to identifying the culprit is asking, "What changed?"

09-11-2017, 04:51 PM	#25
S/ST 3040 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 41 Likes: 4 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Mopar thrust bearing failure I wiped out the thrust bearing in my 340. After a lot of thought, I determined the failure came from stacking the weight of the engine and transmission on the driveshaft at the hit. I had eliminated the engine mounts and was utilizing an engine plate and OEM transmission mount to locate the engine. After the crank repair, I added a fore and aft limiter. I've had harder launches since then and no sign of thrust failure. The first thing to identifying the culprit is asking, "What changed?"