Re: housing bore for main bearings on 7th series 8

Posted by Thomas Wilcox On 2010/9/8 11:51:02

John,

Cam journals are not appreciably worn, but the bearings are. And, I would gladly replace them and have them line bored, but so far the usual folks don't have them for this engine (Terrel, Kanter, MM, etc.).

So, I either refurbish the current bearings, figure out some suitable substitute, or make new ones. Obviously, making new ones is a fairly daunting task (at least to this non-machinist). Making new ones is also probably out of my current budget, so that would stop the project for the foreseeable future.

Yup, we got wet over here. Westlake drive was closed this morning at 4am.

Cheers,

Thomas