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Date:         Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:45:41 EST
Reply-To:     kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Why there are no aftermarket oversize bearings
Comments: To: macmillan@HOME.COM

Stuart; I think I got a set of .5mm/std over main bearings for the 2.1L WBX. I received them by mistake instead of the std/std bearings I need. Anybody want to trade?

Drive Safely & Happy Holidays Ken Lewis <Kernersville,NC> 86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe --------------------------------------------------

On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 15:42:45 -0800 Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@HOME.COM> writes: >I just ran across this article on the pending bankruptcy of >Federal-Mogul, one of the largest bearing manufacturers in the world. >http://www.auto.com/industry/iwirf16_20001216.htm > >Certainly part of the reason they aren't making "slow moving" bearings >like the over sizes for the waterboxer. >-- >Stuart MacMillan >Seattle > >'84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1 >'65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969) >'74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly) > >Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM): >'72 MGB GT (Daughter's) >'64 MGB (Son's) > >Stripped and gone but their parts live on: >'68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT

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