Well, I went to order new bearings from Clevite. You can't order directly from them, so I talked to one of their guys and then I also talked to one of the guys through Nashville Engine parts, and both said that when ordering bearings for a 235 in that year, you have to hand shim each one. I hadn't heard this, but apparently both thought of it as common.
I wasn't aware the full pressure 235s ever had to be shimmed, but apparently so.
The part number for a 1957 235 bearing kit is: MS197P20 and the shim kit is: SM124S.
Apparently there's a better way than using plastigauge so I'm going to have to learn that. At least I don't have to file down the bearings like with babbit.
Brandon
