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Subject:Re: Why there are no aftermarket oversize bearings
From:kenneth d lewis
Date:Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:45:41 EST

Stuart;
        I think I got a set of .5mm/std over main bearings for the 2.1L
WBX. I received them by mistake instead of the std/std bearings I need.
Anybody want to trade?

Drive Safely & Happy Holidays
Ken Lewis    <Kernersville,NC>
86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe
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On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 15:42:45 -0800 Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@HOME.COM>
writes:
>I just ran across this article on the pending bankruptcy of
>Federal-Mogul, one of the largest bearing manufacturers in the world.
>http://www.auto.com/industry/iwirf16_20001216.htm
>
>Certainly part of the reason they aren't making "slow moving" bearings
>like the over sizes for the waterboxer.
>--
>Stuart MacMillan
>Seattle
>
>'84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
>'65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
>'74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly)
>
>Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM):
>'72 MGB GT (Daughter's)
>'64 MGB (Son's)
>
>Stripped and gone but their parts live on:
>'68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT

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