[Tigers] Rod Bearings

[Joe Brown]

Thanks for all of the feedback.  The consensus is that the holes are not
needed.  So I will stick with the Sealed Power bearing shells.

Thanks,
Joe Brown

On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 12:17 AM Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com> wrote:

> Joe
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>                 The hole in the connecting rod and bearing is for
> lubricating the cylinder walls.   Ford removed this feature from the rods
> and bearings about March 1966.
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> Can you use the bearings without the hole in these rods – yes.
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> Ron Fraser
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> *From:* Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Joe Brown
> via Tigers
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2019 6:37 PM
> *To:* Tigers Den <Tigers at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Tigers] Rod Bearings
>
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> Sorry to keep bugging everybody.  The piston rods in the 260 have an oil
> hole in the big end that gets covered up by a bearing.  I bought a set of
> Sealed Power bearings and discovered that they do not have a hole that
> would allow oil to come through from the rod.  I did some searching and it
> looks like some brands of bearings have a hole and some don't.
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> I found the original Ford part number in the Tiger repair manual
> (C2OZ-6211-H or J) and when I Google that number I find a lot of hits for
> C2OZ-6211-R which shows bearings without holes.  The exploded drawing in
> the Tiger manual looks like it is showing a bearing WITH a hole.  I don't
> have the original bearings, so I don't know if they had the hole or not.
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> Does anybody know whether I can use the Sealed Power parts or should I go
> get something with holes?
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> Thanks,
>
> Joe Brown
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