Babbitt Bearings in FRC

[Brian C]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

so how many of us car guys are here?

Guilty......................

Nice avatar Ian!

[Foster]

The boat does not leave me any time to work on the car.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

I am not practicing but I am a muscle car lurker. My dream car is a 1969, Midnight Blue, Plymouth Road Runner with 426 Hemi and Hurst Four Speed. My dad and two brothers are/were mechanics so it is in my blood. I don' mind getting dirty.
I was always fascinated on the history and power of the MoPar 318 block. It made great power as a stock engine.

[IndySam]

Total Ford guy here.

[carpedav000]

Imports ftw.

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by carpedav000

Imports ftw.

say, did you get a chance to look at the FIRST Robots Behind the Design book that was in the KOP?

There's an import car pictured in there, in front of a 58 Chevy wagon. I learned to drive in that import. Later, I rebuilt the whole car. Name the import....

[carpedav000]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

say, did you get a chance to look at the FIRST Robots Behind the Design book that was in the KOP?

There's an import car pictured in there, in front of a 58 Chevy wagon. I learned to drive in that import. Later, I rebuilt the whole car. Name the import....

I did not. If you could post the image so I could see it?

[MrForbes]

here it is

[carpedav000]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

here it is

I probably should've defined what kind of imports. I know a lot more about JDM than I do European.

[RacerX]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

here it is

Volvo?

[Brian C]

Originally Posted by RacerX

Volvo?

Sure does look like it.

[alicen]

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

[FrankJ]

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.

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by RacerX

Volvo?

Roger.

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

[MrBasse]

Originally Posted by IndySam

Total Ford guy here.

My whole family's blood runs blue. Ford all the way.

Currently drive a 1960 f100.