grumpyvette Posted May 30, 2002 Share Posted May 30, 2002 please read, this is the cliff note version of a course on bearings http://www.babcox.com/editorial/us/uhs89734.htm http://www.babcox.com/editorial/ar/ar20128.htm http://www.babcox.com/editorial/cm/cm99828.htm http://www.dragnbreath.com/Clevite/TN%2016.html http://www.dragnbreath.com/Clevite/TN%2022.html http://www.dragnbreath.com/Clevite/...ankinstall.html http://www.dragnbreath.com/Clevite/TN%2028cambrgs.html http://www.thirskauto.net/Engine_Thrust_Bearings.html http://www.aera.org/Tech/tb1465r.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pparaska Posted May 31, 2002 Share Posted May 31, 2002 Great stuff Grump! Wish I'd read some of that a few months ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted May 31, 2002 Share Posted May 31, 2002 The guy who balance my engine cringed when he saw the Clevite77 bearings. He said he used to swear by them, but not any more. Then he showed me some 4 year old "King" bearing from a race motor. They looked very good (of course, that doesn't mean a lot in itself). Then he told be about two separate cases where different brands of bearings were used on motors he was asked to rebuild(Clevite77 on rods/King on mains, and visa versa)in which either the rod bearings all failed or the main bearings all failed, and each time the King bearing where still intact, but the Clevites were wiped (and spun in one case). That was enough for me to go out the next day and buy the King bearings (about $140 for the whole set). I hope they are worth it. But as the previous info so obviously states, unless it's clean and well machined, nothing is going to hold up very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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