Coated bearings?
Coated bearings? I am rebuilding a motor, looking for the best bearings. Are coated bearings worth doing? If anyone has done these, where can you find them? I am refering to the main, piston journal and cam bearings.
Last edited by CoopDog; Jul 22, 2007 at 11:11 AM.
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Originally Posted by CoopDog
I am rebuilding a motor, looking for the best bearings. Are coated bearings worth doing? If anyone has done these, where can you find them? I am refering to the main, piston journal and cam bearings.
I know about the babbit coating, I read somewhere about bearings with an extra slippery coating. I'll have to look for the article to be more specific. I'm just looking for anything that will reduce friction a little bit.
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The coating is really just added insurance. It will only ever do anything for you if you lose oil to them. In normal operation with adequate oil supply there really shouldn't be any friction on the crankshaft, so don't expect an friction reducing coating to do anything for you in terms of power.
