At 05:21 PM 5/19/2005 +0100, Bill Davies wrote:
The Israel-made bearings are undoubtedly made by "King":
www.king-bearings.com
Doug Braun
I assume "County" is an importer/distributor.
BTW, I recently had a near-death experience with a County-branded made-in-India
rocker arm shaft:
I installed it, and when I re-checked the valve adjustments couple of weeks
later,
I noticed that the front 4 rocker arms looked rather dry of oil. I removed the
shaft,
and by blowing air through the oil intake hole, I realized there was an
internal blockage
in the middle that prevented any oil from flowing forward past that point.
I cut the shaft apart and discovered this: the central oil passage was
created by drilling from each end towards the middle. Unfortunately
in this case, they did not drill far enough, and the two holes did not quite
meet.
You can bet I carefully checked the replacement shaft before installing it!
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: spitfires-owner@autox.team.net [mailto:spitfires-
>> owner@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Joe Curry
>>
>> I think the stuff that is being sold here is pretty much the same stuff
>> that is available over there. In fact, I think they are pretty much all
>> made in the UK.
>
>The County brand bearings for the 1147 engine are made in Israel.
>Cheers,
>Bill.
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