i was wondering what everyone thought about reusing the original stock main engine bearings when rebuilding an engine with forged internals (assuming there are no problems with the stock bearings)? just curious, because one of the guys who i am considering to rebuild my engine is in the middle of building another person's block and he is reusing the stock bearings. just curious, thanks.

 

Why?

Its cheap insurance at this point. Youre already removing them. Might as well spend the money to do it right.


Modified by niedejb at 5:50 PM 5/30/2003

 

I would say that is really poor practice. I'm not a professional engine builder, but why cut corners on the cheap parts? Just to make sure...you mean the bearings for the crank, not the rods, correct? If you are replacing the rods that would be a BIG no no.

 

Im a little curious about reusing bearings too. If they worked before as long as they arent mixed up and go right back the same I dont see why they would not work. OEM Hondas are a little bit of money and getting the clearances right on a honda with all the colors seems like it could be a pain. The main reason would be downtime on a daily driver. I could have my motor in and out in a day but if I have to crack the motor and get bearing colors then I have to get a hold of these bearings which with the dealerships out here always takes forever, something that could be simple ends up a big pain in the ***. Not saying I want too, but if the situation came up it would be nice. Any opinions?

 

OEM honda bearing or ACL are only like $120. If you cant afford that...why are you building your engine?!

 

Im not talking about cutting corners on a built engine, I talking like if you needed to re-ring the pistons or sumthin. I know acl are 120 but they only come in one size so what if the clearances suck and you need to machine then too. I heard hondas were a bit more like over 200. If you were just putting in new rings that would be a diffence in either a hundred dollar probject or 300+ dollar project. The downtime would be a diffence of one day or over a week to get the right bearings!

 

I paid 99 shipped for my acls with assembly lube and plastigage. They were all well within spec. The recommended clearance from honda was .0013-.0020 i think and mine were all right around .0015. I guess it helps that 4 of the five were green color code which means they were right in the middle of honda specs.

 

Do you reuse toilet paper when you wipe your ***?

 

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oh, so funny. but oh so very true

 

Are aftermarket bearings any different than OEM. I paid 45$ for my set(89 teg.) and they were perfect...

And yes like everyone else said, if you are building the motor, get the new bearings. But the guy that talks about a small project, I see where you're coming from. If it's such a pain in the *** to get them.

 

let me be the first to say, NO!
Do not re-use your frickin mains are you retarded!

 

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Its cheap insurance at this point. Youre already removing them. Might as well spend the money to do it right.


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