Boy, the search function on here works very well. Found lots of info regarding things I'd wondered about the last several weeks after tearing down these 6's I have.

I had found 2 good forged cranks & 1 repairable and one cast. I miked up one of the forged & ordered standard bearings about 2 weeks ago. This morning I went ahead & resized & assembled the rod caps, checked with bore mike & looks like I will be .0015 which I'm comfortable with. I then put #1 main in, miked it & also .0015, clearance. When I went to unbolt the cap I noticed (should have seen it in the first place!) the bearings don't line up from block to cap. Little difficult to mike but it's about .095 off. I grabbed an old & bearing, installed it in the cap & it lined up perfect. Then I looked at the bearings & sure enough, the locating tang is in a different location, about .095 different! Other than that, the bearings are identical width, radius, length, oil hole, etc.

Did I get the wrong bearings here or ??? I understood the cast crank mains were narrower but these bearings are exactly the same width, (1.032, I think) as the ones I took out, just located differently. I checked the thrust bearing on block & cap & it locates perfectly.

Thank you very much in advance for any assistance on this.

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Sport Fury

What brand of bearings did you buy? I'd be taking them back and showing them an original bearing to illustrate the problem.

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Joshua

Sealed Power, I believe the part # was 4092. Yes, I'll visit with them Monday about that. I was just curious if any one else had run in to this. Thank you.

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Sport Fury

Oog. I hate seeing stuff like this. I wonder if this is going to turn into yet another Federal-Mogul-Crappification-Of-Formerly-Good-Parts-Lines story for my collection.

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一期一会
Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

So, I'm the first & only, huh?

Well, I'll get to the parts house this week & report back on what I find.

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Sport Fury

Sorry to say, you may be the first , but I am highly doubtful you will be the last!

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2 Mopars come with Spark plug tubes. One is a world class, racing machine. The other is a 426 CI. boat anchor!

12.70 @ 104.6

It's probably a fluke & I'm sure they'll get me the right ones. Wish I hadn't set them all in the block to use my dial indicator on the crank, though before I discovered it. Felt dumb & I doubt they'll take 'em back.

Have a great week!

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Sport Fury

Top or bottom bearing section? (Groove or no groove)
Are there any marking on the back of the shell, like it's P/N?
Could be a "mis-boxed" part or??

I have found a few mis-boxed items over the years... always a PITA...
Usually stops the project "dead", for a week or two, as I wait for the correct replacement items.
DD

Boxed incorrectly (lowers only). Strange but, I have the right ones, now. Now I can put that puppy together next weekend.

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Sport Fury