Thrust bearing replacement

I trashed a thrust bearing in my 318 magnum a while ago. Never found the culprit. Destroyed the crank and almost #5 piston. The **** chunks will fling up and lodge into the pistons oil return holes. A couple skirts and a few gouged lower cylinders. The aft lower portion of the thrust face took the beating. Behind was a 904, too. Pull the engine and inspect.

The engine guys blame the transmission guys and the transmission guys blame the engine guys. On the rebuild I filed the bearing how famous bob describes above.

You can read this about it, and thrust bearing failures, too.

Thrust bearing failures