Updated 7-bolt?

[iceminion]

So here I was, happy as sh*t that i'm pulling a 2G AWD 5-speed trans out of this DSM, and I find this:

http://imgur.com/Jnbpl.jpg


What the hell? this was out of a low mileage 95! Can someone explain why there is a thrust washer in a 7-bolt?

To be perfectly honest, this is the first time that I actually spent any time looking at a 7-bolt, normally I avert my eyes.

[Matt D.]

Do you mean thrust bearing? Or what exactly are you talking about? Every engine has a thrust bearing.

[MustGoFaster]

There are two versions of the thrust bearing design. On 6 bolts/early 7 bolts it is integrated to the center main bearing. On 97+ 7 bolts (including EVO's) they switched to thrust washer. It's a bearing piece completely separate from the center main bearing.

I can't tell from th pic which style it is, but there are two versions.