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Re: Modding a '55 block w/ dowel bearings to accept tanged bearings Oswald #1608630 07/28/2026 11:26 PM
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 593 Preston, Washington T Tronman 'Bolter
Tronman 'Bolter T Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 593 Preston, Washington	If the block is dowel pin and the bearings are notched, then couldn't the new bearings be drilled with a hole to match the old ones? Then just remove the notch from the new bearing. Or is it more trouble to do that than to simply notch the block? 1965 C60 school bus \| 1967 GMC 6500 school bus

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Modding a '55 block w/ dowel bearings to accept tanged bearings	Oswald	07/21/2026 7:36 PM
Re: Modding a '55 block w/ dowel bearings to accept tanged bearings	Hotrod Lincoln	07/21/2026 8:12 PM
Re: Modding a '55 block w/ dowel bearings to accept tanged bearings	Hotrod Lincoln	07/21/2026 11:07 PM
Re: Modding a '55 block w/ dowel bearings to accept tanged bearings	Truckrolet	07/24/2026 11:26 PM
Re: Modding a '55 block w/ dowel bearings to accept tanged bearings	Hotrod Lincoln	07/25/2026 12:45 AM
Re: Modding a '55 block w/ dowel bearings to accept tanged bearings	klhansen	07/25/2026 1:38 AM
Re: Modding a '55 block w/ dowel bearings to accept tanged bearings	Oswald	07/25/2026 11:59 AM
Re: Modding a '55 block w/ dowel bearings to accept tanged bearings	Hotrod Lincoln	07/25/2026 2:11 PM
Re: Modding a '55 block w/ dowel bearings to accept tanged bearings	Tronman	07/28/2026 11:26 PM
Re: Modding a '55 block w/ dowel bearings to accept tanged bearings	Oswald	07/28/2026 11:38 PM

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