[Healeys] Engine Bearings

[Alan Seigrist]

Josef -

If you can believe it, a set of vandervel bearings +.10 just showed up on EBay
today

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Austin-Healey-100-6-3000-Vandervell-Main-Bearings-VP7
71-010-NOS-/400390350480?ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

Alan

On Jan 16, 2013, at 9:19 PM, "josef-eckert at t-online.de"
<josef-eckert at t-online.de> wrote:

> Many thanks to all responded. I already bought the trimetal
> King/County bearings and after a short chat with my machine shop I am
> confident the bearings are ok. Also Ahead4Healeys and AH Spares sell
> them, so they should be alright.
>
>    My machine shop also mentioned they measured the bearing diameters as
> they also have their experience with County bearings and grinding the
> crank journals according to the bearing diameters.
>
>    Otherwise they also see no reason not to go with them.
>
>    So thanks to all, I am now relieved and go forward with the bearings
> I have.   Josef Eckert Konigswinter/GermanyAn:
> "josef-eckert at t-online.de" <josef-eckert at t-online.de>
> Cc: Forum Healeys <Healeys at autox.team.net>
> Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Engine Bearings
> Datum: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:45:16 +0100
>
> I am using ACL mains and King trimetal big ends and so far nothing
> has exploded after a few hours dyno running. The colour of the
> bearings is an indicator of whether the Kings are bi or tri metal-
> dull grey as opposed to light aluminium colour for the bi-metal from
> memory.
>
> The King bearings had quite a number of small lumps on both the back
> and front faces which I gently scraped off and smoothed with 1500 grit
> sandpaper before installation. The ACL's went straight in.
>
> More important than the manufacture of the bearing is the clearance
> and I'd strongly recommend determining the installed bearing diameters
> before grinding the crank. Mine were all on the bigger side of ok so
> the crank journals are ground between 0.06 and 1.00 thou bigger than
> the max book spec to compensate.
>
> Andy.
>
>> Received: Wednesday, 16 January, 2013, 7:07 PM
>> I think the ones from county are fine
>> as long as they are tri-metal.  If
>> they are tin bearings then that's when they are a bit
>> suspect.
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:21 PM, josef-eckert at t-online.de [1]
>> <
>> josef-eckert at t-online.de [2]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> For my 3000 MK2 engine I need new engine bearings, main
>> and big ends,
>>> both +10" oversize. There was no chance to get any
>> Vandervell,
>>> Glazier, AE, or similar known quality bearings. It
>> seems only
>>> available are County/KIng bearing shells. Those who did
>> an engine
>>> overhaul recently, what kind of bearings have you
>> used?
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