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Originally Posted by athomas
on the one end the bearing plate comes off and the bearing slides off the crank with it. then you can slide the crank out of the block and the other brg will stay in the block but to answer the question yes the crank will slide off the brgs it's a close tolerance but not an interference fit as would be if you needed to heat the races to get them on . if that answers your question ?
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This doesn't exactly answer my question, really what I'm asking is: is the race on the on the PTO end supposed to loose, as in not fixed to the crank, like the one on the drive shaft end of the crank.
On the PTO end I can take a small screw driver and turn the race either way, on the drive shaft end it is fixed to the crank, and if I try to turn it it turns the whole crankshaft.
So the real question is, is the PTO end crank bearing race supposed to be able to turn freely and not be fixed to the crank like the drive shaft end?