Insert Bearings for Genuine Ford Rods

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By david greenlees on Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 01:14 pm:



Will researching for an article on racing bodies I ran across this ad which is quite interesting. Note they are for Ford or "bastard" rods. Must have reamed out the old bearing part
way through and installed these in the smooth remaining bore of the original babbit.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kohnke Rebabbitting on Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 01:47 pm:

Many early cars had that type of rod and main bearings.

They depended on the thickness of babbitt, and a 100 percent backing for strength.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Adam Doleshal on Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 02:19 pm:

I have not seen one of them in a FORD rod, but I've probably only seen about 1500 rod cores...


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Les Schubert on Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 02:30 pm:

What I find interesting is they apparently had you "ream" the steel out into the bolt hole area with the jig and reamer they sold you


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Will Copeland - Trenton, New Jersey on Saturday, November 23, 2013 - 04:24 pm:

The big question is, Did it work and for how long?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Les Schubert on Saturday, November 23, 2013 - 05:34 pm:

Will
I am sure it worked as well as babbitt, but I doubt any better


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By david greenlees on Saturday, November 23, 2013 - 07:38 pm:

Having been rebuilding engines and doing my own babbitting for years, I cannot see any reason why it would not work as long as it was done correctly.


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