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Re: [FOT] rod and main bearings

To: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
Subject: Re: [FOT] rod and main bearings
From: Jerry Barr <jerrybarr@charter.net>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:25:50 -0500
I have a set of County Rods and Mains for my GT6. Mains are stamped 
M341 020 County REGD UK. Rods are stamped County REGD UK C 448 .020 
2KH.
On Oct 5, 2006, at 6:44 PM, Jack W. Drews wrote:

> I don't really want to be the one to start the annual rant on engine 
> bearings, and maybe this has already been answered, but here goes 
> anyway.
>
> I've used the aluminum bearings from Moss for several years, 
> identified on the box as COUNTY and have not had any problems 
> whatsoever with them. However, King advertises heavily, and a couple 
> of the suppliers advertise that they are the finest and they are 
> tri-metal.
>
> I found a source for King bearings and decided to try them. Printed 
> right on the box it said they were tri-metal. I installed them today.
>
> In the process I found that the King bearings and the Moss-supplied 
> bearings had nearly identical stampings on the back. Both said
>
> COUNTY
> REGO UK
> C438 STD and then two letters, which were different on the old and new 
> bearings.
>
> I could not detect a difference in appearance, but must admit that I 
> noticed all this so late in the game that I didn't take a file to one 
> of the new ones to see if it really was tri metal. With identical 
> stamping on the back, it doesn't seem likely, does it?
>
> Comments?
>
> uncle jack
>
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