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Kohnke Rebabbitting · 02-23-2016, 12:11 PM

Your Babbitt is not original, and shows it was a cold pour, as in not stuck.

There is no reason to think the other caps are any better.

I will bet the block Babbitt wasn't peened either.

Find somebody, and do it over, as what you have is not usable.

Take pictures of the other bearings also.

Herm.

02-23-2016, 12:11 PM	#5
Kohnke Rebabbitting Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: 60615,330th Ave.,Clare, Iowa, 50524 Posts: 1,457	Re: Engine Tear-down and Babbitt-prob. Your Babbitt is not original, and shows it was a cold pour, as in not stuck. There is no reason to think the other caps are any better. I will bet the block Babbitt wasn't peened either. Find somebody, and do it over, as what you have is not usable. Take pictures of the other bearings also. Herm.