Rims

Beest · 04-19-2016, 11:02 PM

Babbitt would have been the bearing material that melted out, the connecting rods would probably have been cast iron ( that's a guess though).
My employers original product, from which it still get's it's name and logo, was an installable bearing rather than cast in place.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-19-2016, 11:42 PM

Yes, babbitt bearing material cast in the rod end and bored to .0015" to .002" clearance. The lubrication was splash oiling, meaning the crankshaft would splash the rod end in the crankcase on each revolution. However as the speed of the engine picked up it was less and less effective, as the rod end not only spent less time in the oil, it beat the oil into a froth.
I think my Uncle said he was recasting the babbitt every 1500 miles in his T.

The bearing inserts from your outfit, plus pressure oiling systems on later motors was a god send. They could be run for thousands of miles between overhauls if you changed the oil every thousand miles and didn't beat it. When my uncles drove from MA to Alaska in 1949 they had to stop and change the oil five times. We have it pretty easy today.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-20-2016, 08:09 PM

Police harassment.
Race Tracts?
2 Girls... but they don't count?
15 to 18 year old Junior College youths?
"Illegal assembly"? Bullshit, unconstitutional.
Impounded vehicles? For speeding? For illegal assembly?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-21-2016, 03:19 PM

Many Rolls Royce of sales were chassis to be custom bodied, all of the US built Rolls were that way. Of course some of the custom bodies were more elegant than others.

Gravdigr · 04-21-2016, 04:28 PM

xoxoxoBruce · 04-21-2016, 06:21 PM

GM's biggest motor...

Gravdigr · 04-22-2016, 11:43 AM

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04-19-2016, 11:42 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes, babbitt bearing material cast in the rod end and bored to .0015" to .002" clearance. The lubrication was splash oiling, meaning the crankshaft would splash the rod end in the crankcase on each revolution. However as the speed of the engine picked up it was less and less effective, as the rod end not only spent less time in the oil, it beat the oil into a froth. I think my Uncle said he was recasting the babbitt every 1500 miles in his T. The bearing inserts from your outfit, plus pressure oiling systems on later motors was a god send. They could be run for thousands of miles between overhauls if you changed the oil every thousand miles and didn't beat it. When my uncles drove from MA to Alaska in 1949 they had to stop and change the oil five times. We have it pretty easy today. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-20-2016, 08:09 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Police harassment. Race Tracts? 2 Girls... but they don't count? 15 to 18 year old Junior College youths? "Illegal assembly"? Bullshit, unconstitutional. Impounded vehicles? For speeding? For illegal assembly? Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-21-2016, 03:19 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Many Rolls Royce of sales were chassis to be custom bodied, all of the US built Rolls were that way. Of course some of the custom bodies were more elegant than others. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-21-2016, 04:28 PM	#5
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04-21-2016, 06:21 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	GM's biggest motor... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-19-2016, 11:02 PM	#1
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	Babbitt would have been the bearing material that melted out, the connecting rods would probably have been cast iron ( that's a guess though). My employers original product, from which it still get's it's name and logo, was an installable bearing rather than cast in place.

04-22-2016, 11:43 AM	#7
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