Leon is correct, all County brand bearings are made by King in Israel - they
do the two different types. I'm not sure their lead ones are as good as VP2
but they are certainly better quality than standard Glacier ones.
King/county equivalents to Glacier have the same shiny bearing surface as
they are aluminium, the lead type have a dull, greyer finish. In the Canley
website six cylinder big ends are 149081, then '/10' etc for the undersizes
and 'OE' stuck on the end for original equipment, so good quality .010"
bearings are 149081/10OE.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Guyots3@wmconnect.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Cc: <hottr6@hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 3:42 AM
Subject: TR6 rod bearing saga
> In a message dated 8/18/2005 8:03:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> owner-fot-digest@autox.team.net writes:
>
> > Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:01:30 -0400
> > From: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
> > Subject: TR6 rod bearing saga
> >
> > All,
> >
> > You may remember from 2 weeks ago my plea for sources of Vanderwall VP2
rod
> > bearings.
> >
> > I thought I found a cache at Dave Bean, but when they arrived, they
were
> > crap Glacier aluminum.
> > Returned.
> >
> > Then I found "VP2 equivalents" at Vizard's APTFast. They arrived last
> > night. Package says made by "Country" in the UK, but elsewhere in the
box
> > it says made in Israel. They look suspiciously like crap aluminum, not
> > lead/copper as advertized, but I could be wrong.
> >
> > Anyone had any experience with these Country bearings?
> >
> > Shane Ingate "doesn't anyone make decent metal anymore" in Maryland
>
> Shane,
>
> This issue was covered earlier by this list, I thought, however, I have
seen
> the 'country' bearings listed in the APT catalog, although it doesn't
actually
> mention the word 'country'.
>
> If they are from Israel, then they are probably made by the 'King' bearing
> company, and it is my understanding that they are indeed not plain
aluminum.
>
> <A HREF="www.kingbearings.com">www.kingbearings.com</A>
>
> I believe that this is now the ONLY source of decent bearings for our
> Triumphs.
> It is also the source used by Canley Triumphs in Coventry.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Leon
>
>
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