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Originally Posted by nhenscheid
Hi everyone -
I just started pulling apart my 1st gen SC with the intent to refurb the nose cone and hopefully replace the rear needle bearings as well. Two questions that have cropped up:
1. Is there a trick to removing the rotor pack/rotor plate? On the 1st gen, there isn't a lip or any sort of tabs on the rotor plate to pry against. The nose cone has nice tabs to pry it off, but the plate seems quite stuck and isn't responding to general tapping. Should I (or shouldn't I) apply some heat to try and release the gasket bond?
2. Is it OK to just replace the rear needle bearings and not mess with the rotor plate bearings (and corresponding seals)? Contingent on the front rotor bearings feeling OK, of course.
Thanks!
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1. Heat is ok, within reason. The supercharger housing is made to withstand very high heat. It should start to tap free.
2. Yes. The rotor bearings can be done incorrectly and are very complex compared to the rest. Unless you see very bad circular scoring on the back of the rotor housing (around the rear needle bearings) then assume they are fine.
