VW Canada rebuilds were alway align bored because they would mix and match
case halves at the plant.  Probably one of those.  Most of them had
reground cranks too.

Ken Wilford
On May 23, 2012 3:40 PM, "Kenneth Lewis" <kdlewis@northstate.net> wrote:
>
> I was under the impression WBX cases seldom need line boring because the
> journals are so improved over the air cooled version..
>
> Ipso facto, might  THIS case have sustained abnormally high abuse and a
> replacement is in order?  Might be cheaper than over-sized bearings.
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 2:13 pm, Ken Olsen wrote:
> > I've got my 1.9 waterboxer open and it needs new main bearings. The case
> > appears to have been line bored to 0.5mm over. The local guys are
telling
> > me
> > there are no bearings available (i need 0.5mm on the journal, 0.5 mm on
> > the
> > case). Anyone know of a hidden source for these?
> >
> >