Check out this link for a description of the difficulties in finding the "best"
bearings and thrust washers for out machines. This is a link to APTfast, which I have
not done business with, but have heard good things about from racer friends of mine.
http://www.aptfast.com/APT_Parts/Triumph_Par
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Todd france
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 5:08 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: spitfire bottom end rebuild
hi again yeah I have a set of mis sized county bearings from awhile back, is
county the same as king? and would everyone agree these are the best
subst
hi again yeah I have a set of mis sized county bearings from awhile back, is county
the same as king? and would everyone agree these are the best substitute for the
"good vandervells" ??
thanks, Todd... also where can I get vandervel thrustwashers?
it's safe to say the thrust washers on s
Ok, I did not realize that "Glacier" was a trade name. I
have not heard of it before.
BTW, I have a set of bearings in a box labeled "King"
and "Made in Israel", but the bearings themselves are stamped "County".
Does this sound legit?
Doug
At 11:23 AM 3/25/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>When is a bea
Supposedly [EMAIL PROTECTED] is sitting on some Vandervell bearings.
Here's some words on bearings from John Kipping from a few posts of his
Simple answer, I don't know. It depends how the bearing surface material is attached
to the steel backing, Glacier ones which are totally useless (a G in a
Spitbits also sells the King bearings. I have no idea about Federal-Mogul.
BTW, what does "glacier" mean, and why were they no good?
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 01:06 AM 3/26/2004 +0800, Joe Guinan wrote:
>Not sure what happened there...maybe left the HTML editor on...
>
>Anyway...Vandervells are not
Not sure what happened there...maybe left the HTML editor on...
Anyway...Vandervells are not being made anymore are they? A differnet company may be
putting the name on their product, but it's not the same. The guys at British Parts
North West sell "King" bearings - I think they are made in Is
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