During the dust bowl of the 30s almost every car on the road. Model A and T used Babbitt bearings that got repoured on a regular basis. Stan Wilder www.engineceramics.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Felder" <felder@KNOLOGY.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 9:02 PM Subject: Curious Question (totallyNVC) Babbit bearings
> Does anyone else remember babbitt metal, which was heated and poured > around journals before they had bearing shell inserts? I never worked > on one of these, but wondered if anyone else had. > > Jim |
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