I am in the middle of a dilemma... I am putting a 332 together ,and need .030 rod bearings...and nobody has any. Is there any other bearing i can use ...with modification even. I hate to s**** this project .... Thanks Ron from snowy Wisconsin
Who have you tried? http://www.cl***icparts4cars.com/9-1952-1953-1954-1955-1956-1957-1058-Ford-Engine-Bearings.htm I'm not a big fan of welding crankshafts, but that might get you back into range for the bearings you CAN get. Some shops can successfully hard chrome cranks to restore the journal sizes. Regardless, I'd have the crank magnafluxed using the fluorescent wet mag particle method by a shop that really knows what they are doing. A**** My criteria are, how do they test that a part is magnetized for inspection, and response to my request to look at some of the cool trophy cracked parts they have found over the years. Dry powder mag particle or ( gasp! ) a ring test are just no where near sensitive enough. Some engine bearing catalogs used to have "progressive size" sections. I used that info several times to find modern insert rod bearings that could be fitted to unusual engines by boring the rod Big Ends to a different size, etc. The best I've found lately are catalogs with Numerical listings that also have detailed size info. Like starting page 142 in the Speed-Pro Performance 2015 catalog. http://www.fme-cat.com/digipubZ/Spe...5DA/Speed-Pro Performance 2015 - digipubZ.pdf
You can also try http://stores.ebay.com/Falcon-Sales...-Engines-/_i.html?_fsub=4359387014&rmvSB=true Or have you tried Egge?
Thanks guys! As it turns out,nobody makes that .030 over bearing...went rounds with the E-bay guys...but in the loop...looked into all the info i got here...and located 8 NOS .030 bearings! Thanks for saving my *** on this one everyone...I was sweating bullets! Ill have them Monday...and My manifold should shape up on Friday...Man ...Lincolns are a Challenge! Thanks again everyone!
Yes they are. But any rube can put a SBC together and make it run (maybe not well, but you get the idea). It takes quite a bit more effort, knowledge and work to play with an old Lincoln motor, whether it is a Flathead (8 or 12), Lincoln Y, or MEL. Keep up the good work. There are a few of us that love to see high quality odd motor builds.
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