[Tigers] Rod Bearings

[Ron Fraser]

Joe

                The hole in the connecting rod and bearing is for lubricating the cylinder walls.   Ford removed this feature from the rods and bearings about March 1966.

 

Can you use the bearings without the hole in these rods – yes.

 

Ron Fraser

 

From: Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Joe Brown via Tigers
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 6:37 PM
To: Tigers Den <Tigers at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Tigers] Rod Bearings

 

Sorry to keep bugging everybody.  The piston rods in the 260 have an oil hole in the big end that gets covered up by a bearing.  I bought a set of Sealed Power bearings and discovered that they do not have a hole that would allow oil to come through from the rod.  I did some searching and it looks like some brands of bearings have a hole and some don't.  

 

I found the original Ford part number in the Tiger repair manual (C2OZ-6211-H or J) and when I Google that number I find a lot of hits for C2OZ-6211-R which shows bearings without holes.  The exploded drawing in the Tiger manual looks like it is showing a bearing WITH a hole.  I don't have the original bearings, so I don't know if they had the hole or not.

 

Does anybody know whether I can use the Sealed Power parts or should I go get something with holes?

 

Thanks,

Joe Brown

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