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Originally Posted by Pete
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.
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I agree 110% on all accounts.
My comment for today is if you are worried about not having bearings for the future, buy an extra set and put them on the shelves for possible future use. Other options include rebabbitting current bearing shells when they become worn and re-machining these like rebuilders of many orphan cars that bearings are unavailable for. When there is a sincere will, there is a way.