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Main bearing material?

I bought an Eldo Loop in the 80's that the PO had tried to put in an insert, it did not work. I tossed it & replaced w/new factory part. You will end up spending more $ than buying a new factory part.
The material is same as a car engine w/plain bearings.
 
I bought an Eldo Loop in the 80's that the PO had tried to put in an insert, it did not work. I tossed it & replaced w/new factory part. You will end up spending more $ than buying a new factory part.
The material is same as a car engine w/plain bearings.
Howdy, I could assume it is some grade of babbit or other Al based alloy of which there appears to be many. Difficult to see how you could botch a job like that.
 
I didn't like the way it looked. If I build a motor it's guaranteed, if I don't like the part I don't use it. The PO didn't know any info on it, friend of his made it.
 
I don't know what "main( bearing)" is, but I believe no manufacturer uses non standard bearings, those days. So should you, I'd say:

- I can't see any good reason why you should resign to machining one bearing yourself.

As (I hope I caught that) you wrote, machining an adaptor - as a "Z" plan - is someting much easier.

Probably I've been missing something ...
 
I don't know what "main( bearing)" is, but I believe no manufacturer uses non standard bearings, those days. So should you, I'd say:

- I can't see any good reason why you should resign to machining one bearing yourself.

As (I hope I caught that) you wrote, machining an adaptor - as a "Z" plan - is someting much easier.

Probably I've been missing something ...

The mains in a Guzzi large block are special design. It is cast into a support piece that is bolted to the block. I would use stock Guzzi parts to make sure crank alignment isn't compromised.
 
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