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Re: Bearing wear

To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
Subject: Re: Bearing wear
From: Dave Dahlgren <dahlgren@uconect.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 07:58:32 -0500
might want to actually take it apart and find where it
really came from there is no chrome in the bearing.. but it
is on the roller lifters roller rockers and i thought you
had a plated crank.. they are notorious for the chrome
flaking off... BTW where it comes off is usually right next
to the crack in the crank..
Dahlgren

Keith Turk wrote:
> 
> Early last season I had rolled the bearing's out of the C Motor while we
> were racing it... didn't see any appreciable wear.... well this morning I
> was about done cleaning up and decided to check them over once again and do
> a Leak Down on it...  Well one of the bearing's had a Flake of what looked
> like Chrome sitting in the middle of it.. I think I could see where the
> bearing had started to lift a bit and this was the peice that came out...
> not a scratch on the crank and I feel pretty comfortable that a new set of
> bearing's will take care of it...  Just thought I would pass along the
> thought.... Might have just saved myself an engine by checking it...
> 
> Keith

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