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Main Bearings
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:35 pm
by lalaw
Hi,
I bought new main bearings from ESM but they where abit different then the ones on the engine (or 3 of them).
There where 3 bearing that looked just like the ones on the engine but 3 of them where flat and didn't had the hole for the oil.
Which should be at bottom and which on top?
Br Lars
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:51 pm
by Mogwai
the one with the hole should go on the block to line up with the oil feed hole
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:26 pm
by bmcecosse
What they have supplied sounds like the later main shells for the 'A+' engine - these were first used on the Metro Turbo and then spread out over the whole range. The load capacity is quite a bit better. However - in the A+ the little 'tang' for loacating the shell is in the middle of the plain shell where normally it is at the edge of the shells with central gutters. If this is so they won't fit your mains caps unless you are prepared to file a matching 'nick' in the cap. Let me know please if they have made plain shells with the tang at the edge!
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:11 pm
by lalaw
Here is a picture of them:
Lars
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:19 pm
by Matt
The grooved one goes block side
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:36 pm
by bmcecosse
Ahh - that's good - they have had some made with the offset 'tang' - excellent! What make are they please for future ref ??