Can I weld bearings??????

bryceaugustine · Aug 21, 2013

JohnEvans said: ↑

If you armchair mechanics look at the orignal thread at pictures of the rods you will the rod shank is highly offset from the big end . Why Continental did this I don't know but it was done on all of their "F" series engines 4 and 6s. I posted the correct FM part number on that thread. Willys ,Kiser-Frazer and others built that design under liscence from Cont.
I suspect that the locating tabs on the problem bearings are improperly located causing the bearing shell to be offset enough the it is binding on the journal radius. The OP has removed the tabs on one set that when installed allowed the engine to rotate after the rod was torqued. Measuring from the edge of the bearing to the tab with a set of mics or calipers and compairing that demension to the bearings that work will prove or disprove that idea.
Further inspection of the shells that bind should show markings on the very edge of the bearing surface if indeed the shells are binding in the radius. If the tabs are only slightly off posistion wise narrowing them with a file etc could slove the problem.
Over the years I have adapted bearings from more modern engines to fit obsolete engines where parts are un-obtainum.
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great info. thank you very much. i got your pm and will probably take you up on that. i want to try and get some more/new measurments tongiht to help me figure out what is going on.

Futura63 · Aug 21, 2013

bryceaugustine said: ↑

i have done this. working on differnt caps at differnt times. trying differtn torqueing order, etc. if locks up on any of the evens with only 15 ft lbs. i was torqueing in 3 stps. 15, 30, 45. after each set i would rotate. that works fine unless i do an even.
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Its telling you where to look . so look alittle closer .

Roger Walling · Aug 21, 2013

We used to have a pin in the cap that would go through the hole in the bearing and hold it in pace on our dragster. (1959)

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