[Healeys] County parts

[David Nock]

King is a devision of County



David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767

www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Apr 28, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Herbert Miller wrote:

> Does anyone have experience with King bearings?
> http://kingbearings.com/index.php
> This brand is sold by British Parts NW.
> Herb Miller
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys- 
> bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Alan Seigrist
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 12:19 PM
> To: jschmid at imt.net; Healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] County parts
>
> Just to clarify here, for a while all that was available was County  
> single
> metal (tin) bearings.  These are ok for normal use, but I have  
> heard several
> racers having to replace these after only a couple hundred miles on  
> the
> track.  I believe County now is making Tri-metal bearings, which  
> are far
> superior for durability.
>
> 50 miles, however, suggests a misalignment or gapping problem on  
> reassembly,
> or possibly a misaligned crank.  Did you have all parts checked and  
> balanced
> before assembly?
>
> for the metropolitan, there should be no shortage of options for  
> old stock
> vandervell bearings or something similar.
>
> Alan
>
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:03 AM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Oh boy.  Avoid county bearings at all costs.  They are tin bearings,
>> useless for anything other than basic loads.
>>
>> For your metropolitan, there should be lots of options other than  
>> county.
>>
>> Some county stuff is good, the bearings aren't.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> On 4/28/11, jschmid at imt.net <jschmid at imt.net> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Has anyone had any experience using County brand parts?  My brother
>>> just had his Metropolitan engine rebuilt,  didn't run 50 miles and
>>> lost the bearings-County brand.  Where are these made? Can't seem to
>>> find anything on the internet.
>>>
>>> Jim Schmid
>>> Billings, MT
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