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Dean

1936 cam shaft bearings

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I am looking for a set of cam shaft bearings for a 1936 385 ci engine. Is there a substitute off another engine? Has any one made them from bronze bearing material successfully? I was thinking the clearances may be different for a different material.The shops I talked to about babbiting the originals say it is difficult to babbit a continuous round bearing on the first try. Thanks

Posted on: 2016/9/2 15:48

Ozstatman

Re: 1936 cam shaft bearings

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Have you tried Egge, Kanters or Max Merritt?

Posted on: 2016/9/2 17:27

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Posted on: 2016/9/2 18:16

Dean

Re: 1936 cam shaft bearings

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Max says they need to be rebabbitted.

Posted on: 2016/9/3 3:20

Owen_Dyneto

Re: 1936 cam shaft bearings

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The cam bearings on my 1934 320 engine (same cam bearings on the 385 engine 34-36) were rebabbitted when the engine was rebuilt a few years back. The vendor doing the babbitt work did not indicate that it was anything other than just a simple routine job.

Posted on: 2016/9/3 9:34