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Topic: Babbitt bearing help

Posted By: steves49c
Subject: Babbitt bearing help
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2015 at 10:47am

could someone please post a picture of what a good condition but used babbitt bearing should look like( I am asking because my neighbor has a wd that he would like to build into a pulling tractor he says it has babbitt bearings I am not sure of that I would look into this before I start helping him seriously with the build) but before I do this I need to know what good babbitt looks like compared to bad thank you

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Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2015 at 11:24am

A "WD" has precision micro-babbit REPLACEABLE bearing shells like a car. I don't understand why he thinks otherwise.

Posted By: steves49c
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2015 at 12:51pm

Thats what i was hoping to hear! Thanks sorry for the newbie question this will be only the 2nd engine i have rebuilt from the ground up and wanted to make sure I wasn't bighting off more than I could chew

Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2015 at 3:07pm

If he wants more HP from a WD, the first part he needs to invest in is a WD-45 crankshaft, with which you'll want new main and rod bearings anyway.