Will I be able to double check my rear thrust bearing install by removing the oil pan?

[eighty6gt]

I have the engine out for some shifter part development and to swap headers, I have never run the engine yet, am paranoid I installed the thrust bearing backwards and want to double check. I think I should be able to see with just the pan off, maybe the windage tray. I have a USB portal cam I can go in there with... And a $$$ one I could borrow from work.

Should be able to check it out. I think i'm out of TTY main cap bolts.

 

[RocketcarX]

You can pull the main cap it's under and look without hurting anything. just torque it back down and you'll be fine

 

[eighty6gt]

Ok... Like I said I'll need to grab some more of those particular TTY bolts.

 

[RocketcarX]

You can measure TTY bolt for stretch to check fro re-use. I know it's not popular with the "disposable" bolt crowd but there are specs to check this with.

 

[eighty6gt]

Do you think that one cap will be removable with all of the side bolts tight except the ones on that particular cap?

I believe I have the spare main bolts, just need 2x side bolts.

 

[RocketcarX]

You may need to loosed the side bolts on the two adjacent caps, I would be more concerned with getting the cap back in than it coming out with those cross bolts tight.