I UNDERSTAND THE "LINE BORED" THING---I ALSO UNDERSTAND YOU DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO
I'M PRETTY SURE THIS PART AND ITS MATING SURFACE JUST "SQUEEZE" THE RACE AND HOLD IT IN PLACE......THE ACTUAL BEARING IS TRAVELING ON THE INSIDE OF THE RACE
YOU KNOW, I TOOK MACHINE SHOP IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO WORKED AT A PERFORMANCE ENGINE AND BALANCING SHOP........MOSTLY AS THE TEAR DOWN AND CLEAN FELLER....BUT I DID GET IN A LITTLE MACHINING AND BALANCING TOO
I'M NOW TALKING ABOUT A "MACHINE SHOP" IN GENERAL....NOT AN AUTOMOTIVE TYPE
THESE GUYS CAN REPLICATE STUFF, NOW DAYS, THAT EXCEED THE STANDARDS OF THE ORIGINAL PART
WHO CARES IF THE THING IS MADE OF STEEL---OR ALUMINUM?..........STEEL WON'T "POP INTO"
MAYBE IF YOU TOOK BOTH THE BROKE ONE AND THE "STILL GOOD ONE" IN FOR AN ESTIMATE----IT COULD VERY CLOSELY BE "COPIED" OUT OF A METAL THAT WON'T SNAP INTO
DEPENDENT ON YOU LOVE FOR THIS RIG AND HOW LONG IT WILL BE PART OF THE FAMILY---HAVE 'EM MAKE BOTH SIDES----IT MIGHT EVEN BE EZier FOR THEM AS THEY COULD BOLT THE 2 PARTS TOGETHER AND GET A VERY CLOSE "CENTER POINT" AS THE MACHINE THE HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THEM
I COULD REALLY SEE "CRITICAL-NESS" IF THIS WERE THE MAINS ON AN ENGINE BLOCK---AS FAR AS BEING PERFECTLY "INLINE" WITH THE OTHER HOLES AND NOT SO "OUT OF ROUND" AS TO DISTORT THE BEARING MATERIAL.....THUS LOCKING DOWN ON THE CRANK, NOT ALLOWING IT TO TURN
THIS SITUATION WE HAVE NOW----ARE BASICALLY "ENGINE MOUNTS" TO HOLD A HARDENED RACE IN PLACE.........AND HALF OF THE EQUATION IS STATIONARY, AS THEY ARE PART OF THE CASE, AND CANNOT MOVE
THIS MIGHT COST A CHUNK.....BUT IT MIGHT BE CHEAPER THAN OTHER ROUTES
OTHER THAN THAT I STARTED A SEARCH FOR NATIONALLY COMPUTER CONNECTED AUTO SALVAGE YARDS
THERE ARE MANY PLACES TO LOOK AT----HERE'S JUST ONE
http://autoandparts.com/
THE MEDIC
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 AT 3:09 AM