| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,751 | Massey-Ferguson Perkins Diesel rod bearings work in bored-out Babbit rods- - - -STD diameter Perkins bearings are 60 undersize, so those worn out 30 under crankshafts can be salvaged. I use a milling attachment to hold the rods and a micrometer boring head in the spindle of my lathe to bore the rods a few thousandths undersize and finish off the bearing bore with a Sunnen hone. Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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