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Kohnke Rebabbitting · 01-03-2014, 04:12 PM

Having a good job on the inserts should be OK, if you have a drilled crank, oil pressure, and a good oil filter system.

If you don't, when normal dirt goes through your bearings and can't imbed, it can't help looking like the pictures.

Babbitt will do the same if the dirt is way over normal.

we have a local "Vintage Engine Expert" that has recently done an A engine that failed soon after ,,he said its a big job to do because he has to "hand scrape" all the bearings to fit,,??"END QUOTE"

Roddy, if he has to scrape three poured bearings, I would call him an Expert. I don't think I would let him put in inserts either, or anything else.

01-03-2014, 04:12 PM	#17
Kohnke Rebabbitting Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: 60615,330th Ave.,Clare, Iowa, 50524 Posts: 1,457	Re: Babbitt bearing inserts Having a good job on the inserts should be OK, if you have a drilled crank, oil pressure, and a good oil filter system. If you don't, when normal dirt goes through your bearings and can't imbed, it can't help looking like the pictures. Babbitt will do the same if the dirt is way over normal. we have a local "Vintage Engine Expert" that has recently done an A engine that failed soon after ,,he said its a big job to do because he has to "hand scrape" all the bearings to fit,,??"END QUOTE" Roddy, if he has to scrape three poured bearings, I would call him an Expert. I don't think I would let him put in inserts either, or anything else. Last edited by Kohnke Rebabbitting; 01-03-2014 at 04:18 PM.