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Originally Posted by Rick Parker
I believe if the shaft was sheared. The lower end would be hammering.
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It would not hammer until after significant bearing damage is done. Depending on conditions and time damage may not have happened yet.
I saw an engine drive around the block a couple times and get started several times with no shaft installed. It had about 15 minutes run time on assembly lube only. No damage. Well, it ran 50K miles before the car was sold. It was never pulled down and inspected.
It sure is an easy thing to check. Worth checking before digging deeper.
Oops. I missed your next post. I see you found the problem.