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Sure does look like it.

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I used a babbit bearing recently for professional stuff, part of the reason we didn't use a ball bearing was because of the size of the thing.
http://www.mcmaster.com/#6359k22/=10volie
that's the bearing we used! :)

On the last FRC bot I worked on, we used bronze sleeve bearings for the wheel shafts, which were running mecanums! Robot still runs perfect nearly 6 years later

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Roger.

http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...rescue-mission

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Was your mom's first name 'Shirley'? This certainly is not a typical soccer mom vehicle.

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Large stationary engines (if you count ships & trains, semi stationary) typically have poured Babbitt bearings. Most car & motorcycle motor have insert Babbitt bearing. As long as you keep the oil flow, the bearing and shafts do not actually touch. Hydrodynamic layer and all that. MEs spend a lot of class time on that. In the end it is really a bunch of Voodoo.

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when our kids were real young, I had the blown LS-7 in my 59 pickup. It was fun taking them to day care....

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Her name was Sharon, but she had a friend named Shirley... :)

Just looked over on my desk and see that I have a Babbitt lined bearing in one my paperweights.

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Unless the soccer field was only a quarter mile away.....


There was a time when poured Babbitt was commonly used throughout the automotive industry. Inserts became a better choice when oiling systems improved.


My guess is that you may have been the envy of some of the other parents

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One of the first engines I overhauled was a 1953 Chevy 235, which was the last year they used poured rod bearings. The bearings were still ok, so I just adjusted the clearance using the shims. I was 16 at the time, I think. Those engines used insert main bearings, but they also had shims to adjust the clearance.

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I'm a bit of a muscle guy as well. Helped my grandpa build his drag car (1000hp '69 Vega set up for a 250 shot) :yikes:

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Passes everything but a filling station?

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Pretty much...and that picture was taken 500 miles from home, I drove it to California.