[Spridgets] Bearing

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Larry,

Checking my official 1959 Austin Healey Sprite BMC workshop manual makes no mention of oiling the backs of the bearings. They do say " smear the crankpins with engine oil"....

I have never put oil on the back of bearings, if they ever move you are in trouble.

Be interested to see if anyone does.

Steve
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-----Original Message-----
From: Larry & Sandi Miller <millerls at ado13.com>
Sender: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 12:46:15 
To: Spridget<spridgets at autox.team.net>; Bugeye<bugeye at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [Spridgets] Bearing

When assembling the main and rod bearings I have never oiled the back of the
bearing. One of the proverbial OBM's (old british mechanics) tells me that I
should always oil the back.

Anybody have an opinion on this?

Larry Miller
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