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Re: Bearings and Oil Pump

To: Rengrave@aol.com
Subject: Re: Bearings and Oil Pump
From: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@iamerica.net>
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 22:33:43 -0600
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Organization: Vintage Sporting Cars
References: <8fd4f102.36941ca4@aol.com>
Wayne, oversize bearings for your 6 are, i believe, only offered in .010
increments.  You will not have ten thou wear.  The only way you are going to use
oversize is to turn the crank unless it is already oversize.  John

Rengrave@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/6/99 9:21:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> vscjohn@iamerica.net writes:
>
> << Wayne, your decision re: whether you need to pull the crank needs to be
> made
>  before you install bearings.  If you try to check with plastiguage using old
>  bearings you will get false readings because of wear of crank and bearings.
> Also
>  you will not be able to check out of round, which you must consider.  Bearing
>  clearance will need to be in the .0015-.0025 range, which will not leave much
> room
>  for error.  You may be able to guess at main condition if the rods are ok, as
> rods
>  are generally first to wear, but look out for rods that were cut before and
> mains
>  that were not.  John >>
>
> How do I know what oversized bearing to buy without knowing ahead of time how
> much clearance is between the existing bearings and crank?
>
> Wayne




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