I believe that these were being supplied by TRF and Victoria British
under the County name. My machinist thought that the County part #'s
looked the same as King #'s. I have used them in the past without
problem and just put them in the engine that I rebuilt. Sizes were
all correct in the main and rod sets. My machinist said that King
bearings tend to grow a little when the are hot (higher aluminum
content) so he tends to run the cold clearences a 1/2 thousandths
looser than with some other brands. Mine worked out to be right on
after all. He had nothing bad to say about King bearings. Joe(B)
----- Original Message -----
From: Irv Korey <emanteno@attglobal.net>
To: Friends of TRiumph <FOT@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 7:42 AM
Subject: King bearings
> Friends,
>
> The below link brings up a website for King engine bearings. I have
been
> told that Roadster Factory currently supplies these for TR6 engines.
They
> may have them for TRactors and Spitfires as well, I haven't
contacted them.
> The site compares the King bearings (favorably of course) with
tri-metal
> bearings, such as the late and lamented Vandervell. I was wondering
if any
> FOT have used these in one of their engines or have any knowledge of
these.
>
> >http://www.earlyhemiparts.com/king-tech1.shtml
>
> Thanks,
>
> Irv Korey
> 63 TR4
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