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Pete · 01-02-2014, 10:14 PM

On a side subject, people talk about bearings spinning in the block or babbitt pounding out so it "ruins" the block.
For burned or worn saddles you can almost 100% of the time put a sleeve in it and save it. Many blocks have been tossed that could have been saved had they been taken to the proper shop.
As far as inserts not being available down the road 25 years, just another rationalization by friends of babbitt. If there had been no inserts ever commercially made, any machine shop worth it's salt could make them from aluminum bar stock.
Reasonably priced too.
What it boils down to is what the engine owner decides is best for himself.
Whatever it is, any one of the better shops will always be able to fix him up, even
100 years down the road.

01-02-2014, 10:14 PM	#11
Pete Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wa. Posts: 5,409	Re: Babbitt bearing inserts On a side subject, people talk about bearings spinning in the block or babbitt pounding out so it "ruins" the block. For burned or worn saddles you can almost 100% of the time put a sleeve in it and save it. Many blocks have been tossed that could have been saved had they been taken to the proper shop. As far as inserts not being available down the road 25 years, just another rationalization by friends of babbitt. If there had been no inserts ever commercially made, any machine shop worth it's salt could make them from aluminum bar stock. Reasonably priced too. What it boils down to is what the engine owner decides is best for himself. Whatever it is, any one of the better shops will always be able to fix him up, even 100 years down the road.