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Originally Posted by Brian
Yoyo, Good idea! Those blocks with the .015 o/s main bearing bore, are .010' narrower between the flanges. Hardest part of the job would be tinning those inner faces and 'buttering' [I like that description!] them without affecting the thrust faces.
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I glad you think so, that increases my confidence that it might work. I'm thinking soldering a shim to the inside of the flange might be the way to fix the width difference.
I've never done any babbitting, and have never machined babbitt. I can only imagine holding a close tolerance and cylindricity and concentricity in Babbitt without scraping. And scraping the OD of bearing shells doesn't appeal to me. A new adventure awaits!