Will, Interesting you should say that. I just got back from the machine
shop and he parroted what you said about inferior bearing, and while
he's working the block and crank he assigned me the task of finding some
'Vandervell brand' bearing.
What did yo do about the shells not fitting the caps ?
Bob Nogueira
On Sun, 26 Apr 1998 20:22:07 +1200 Will Daehler <wdaehler@execpc.com>
writes:
>The 'lead' is lifting on the outside of insert
>>with little damage to the interior surface. The journal mics out with
>>no
>>tapper.
>>My current plan is to send the block to the machine shop and have
>the
>>main journals line board and have the crank mains re ground.
>>Am I missing anything ? Any suggestions ?
>
>Bob,
>
>I can't help you, as you're 15,000 more TR4 miles experienced than me.
>I thought my Rover retrofit machining went really well. I'm right on
>to
>the nearest ten thousandsth that I can measure with the digital
>calipers. But I'm not on the road yet.
>
>One thing that I've heard mentioned on the list once was a lamenting
>that the lister couldn't find the 'Vandervell brand' for his
>replacement
>crankshaft bearings. The implication was that he had been forced to
>settle for an inferior substitute. Maybe subject to delamination?
>
>The ones I bought from Moss snapped into the bearing caps like a
>glove,
>but stuck up beyound cap about four thousandsths.
>
>Will Daehler
>63 TR4 CT25340
>
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