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1. TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:01:30 -0400; 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; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00247.html (7,738 bytes)
2. Re: TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: Gt6steve@aol.com; Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:35:34 EDT; Hey Shane, I've had poor results with the powdered aluminum bearings but the Couty's seem OK. I'd not be alarmed at using them. Is this for a street motor or a high RPM race motor? Steve Smith; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00249.html (7,349 bytes)
3. TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: Guyots3@wmconnect.com; Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:42:36 EDT; 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; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00250.html (8,981 bytes)
4. Re: TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: Henry Frye <henry@henryfrye.com>; Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:47:03 -0400; I have run County bearings, made in Israel, for the past several rebuilds. They have been working so well the guy at my machine shop thinks I am nuts replacing them every year. This is a TR4 full rac; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00251.html (7,908 bytes)
5. Re: TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: "Gerald M Van Vlack" <jerryvv@alltel.net>; Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:59:35 -0400; Hello Shane, Years ago when I was with a fellow who raced a TR4 he always bought the Clevite brand via NAPA as then they were of the tri-metal "good" quality. I know that those particular bearings ar; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00253.html (9,200 bytes)
6. Re: TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: <triumph_marx@freenet.de>; Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:07:57 +0200; At my last engine I have run County bearings from Israel. They have done 40000km in my racing engine I used also on public roads and look very good. - Chris; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00254.html (8,588 bytes)
7. RE: TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>; Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:41:47 -0700; NAPA Online still lists Clevite rod & thrust bearings for the TR6; and Clevite rod bearings for the TR2-4A. No mention of undersizes though, oddly enough. There was talk last year of having King mak; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00255.html (8,661 bytes)
8. Re: TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>; Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:53:30 GMT; I have run County bearings in my TR3 with good results. I believe that they are made by King. The part numbers are very close if not the same as the King bearings. King makes good bearings, but they; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00257.html (8,793 bytes)
9. RE: TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: "barry rosenberg" <britcars@bellsouth.net>; Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:24:51 -0400; I have used that type of bearing in street cars for customers for years. Us, of the Hebrew faith, think they are the greatest bearings made. But would I use them in a race car? No. Even though I have; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00258.html (8,382 bytes)
10. Re: TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: "John Kipping" <johnkipping@inet.net.nz>; Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:18:51 +1200; 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 sta; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00260.html (10,996 bytes)
11. Re: TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: fpspitfire@insightbb.com; Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 22:51:31 +0000; check with british parts northwest, they sell a Heavy Duty bearing which they say are the same material as VP2. CB91253 (main brg) & CB91252 (rod brg). $45 a set...Leighton should be able to tell you; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00261.html (11,853 bytes)
12. Re: TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: grmtim@aol.com; Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:25:55 -0400; HSR West. I don't know the politics of west coast vintage racing, nor do I really care where we go. Just telling everyone about a conversation I had with them and a potential invite. Tim Suddard; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00262.html (7,736 bytes)
13. Re: TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: REK46@aol.com; Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:24:50 EDT; Hey Aaron...don't pick on Basil...he's not cheap,but none of the people selling Vandervell originals are,he has to pay a lot to get em too,and they don't make em anymore...so it's market 'rarity' dem; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00263.html (8,243 bytes)
14. Re: TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: fpspitfire@insightbb.com; Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:53:47 +0000; I don't think I was picking on him...It's just a fact that he's selling Original NOS VP2's...and they aren't cheap! If I wanted to pick on him I could do better than that. FWIW...I find VP2's on ebay; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00265.html (8,594 bytes)
15. Re: TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: KLynch7589@aol.com; Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 22:28:07 EDT; uh boy.... where's my stamp collection? KL; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00266.html (7,643 bytes)
16. Re: TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: "John Kipping" <johnkipping@inet.net.nz>; Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 09:02:14 +1200; An alternative to TR6 big ends is to use the diesel engined version of an MGB engine. These will be Glacier lead coppers, the nominal crank size is about .001" different from memory but doesn't seem; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00289.html (8,334 bytes)
17. RE: TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: "Terry and Cindy" <Roadandtrack2@hypermax.net.au>; Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 07:42:33 +1000; Many County brand bearings are reboxed King bearings, made in Israel. The King ones are very good quality and we use them widely in race & street engines as they have a hardened steel backing. Readil; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00290.html (7,923 bytes)
18. Re: TR6 rod bearing saga (score: 1): Author: CHUCK.ARNOLD@ORACLE.COM; Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 22:28:20 +0000 (GMT); You can get to their web site at: If you know the Glacier or Van. part number, you can look through the interchanges section. They seem to make multiple metal types. On the home page is a reference t; /html/fot/2005-08/msg00320.html (8,302 bytes)

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