Just to clarify here, for a while all that was available was County
single metal (tin) bearings. These are ok for normal use, but I have
heard several racers having to replace these after only a couple
hundred miles on the track. I believe County now is making Tri-metal
bearings, which are far superior for durability.
50 miles, however, suggests a misalignment or gapping problem on
reassembly, or possibly a misaligned crank. Did you have all parts
checked and balanced before assembly?
for the metropolitan, there should be no shortage of options for old
stock vandervell bearings or something similar.
Alan
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:03 AM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh boy. Avoid county bearings at all costs. They are tin bearings,
> useless for anything other than basic loads.
>
> For your metropolitan, there should be lots of options other than county.
>
> Some county stuff is good, the bearings aren't.
>
> Alan
>
> On 4/28/11, jschmid at imt.net <jschmid at imt.net> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Has anyone had any experience using County brand parts? My brother just
>> had his Metropolitan engine rebuilt, didn't run 50 miles and lost the
>> bearings-County brand. Where are these made? Can't seem to find anything
>> on the internet.
>>
>> Jim Schmid
>> Billings, MT
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