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What would you guys think are the best shell bearings for an Atlas?? And what would you stay away from?
Hi Scholar,With few (next to none) bearing shells are made by Federal-Mogul in the states, I did hear that that division may have been sold so the name may not be right,
I had some problems with new AN rods and one of the questions they asked was who made the bearings, when I told them Federal-Mogul they said, "Oh that's where we get them too".
Best.
seems a little strange for Velocette to request packing them in white boxes , commercially it does not make sense to not pay a slight premium for Vandervell packaging
Federal Mogul is the parent company of Glyco in Germany, but they also got the Glacier plant in South Africa but cannot use the G in a square on the shells they make but they use the Glacier AS15 aluminium/tin process. They also got the heavy duty Clevite plant in McConnelsville, OH but sold it to Miba Bearings.
King Bearings is based in Israel, they do not do much if any OEM work and mainly do Aftermarket and were low price competitors. Have no experience of their quality.
can you give us a clue where to buy the ' Trimetallic...Vandervell NOS or current Clevite ' shells?
NOS are rare but can be sometimes found on eBay, I believe AN had a batch of trimetallic bearings made in the last couple of years, these may be Clevite or from Glacier Racing, the base steel and leaded bronze will be the same but the overlay will be different. Clevite is a harder Lead/Tin, Glacier Racing is a softer Lead/Indium. You need to contact AN, but remember they are best suited to racing.
I have only used AN supplied shells...in my race motor with Maney short stroke crank and JSM long Carillo rods.....I was just asking to see if I could aactually find a vendor for what might be a slightly more suitable product....they are changed every time the bottom end is pulled apart!
can you give us a clue where to buy the ' Trimetallic...Vandervell NOS or current Clevite ' shells?
NOS are rare but can be sometimes found on eBay, I believe AN had a batch of trimetallic bearings made in the last couple of years, these may be Clevite or from Glacier Racing, the base steel and leaded bronze will be the same but the overlay will be different. Clevite is a harder Lead/Tin, Glacier Racing is a softer Lead/Indium. You need to contact AN, but remember they are best suited to racing.
Correct.seems a little strange for Velocette to request packing them in white boxes , commercially it does not make sense to not pay a slight premium for Vandervell packaging
selling branded product would be much easier than selling a white box with especially with no manufacturers branding on the product
unbranded white box normally points to Asia Made , the only new stock bearings i have seen with the makers branding are King all others sold as Glyco / Clevite / Vandervell / Glacier racing
have no makers mark or any sign of original packaging and do not appear in any of the makers product listings
A good freind of mine works for a motorsport engine component supplier and work very closely with Federal mogul , Norton bearings were de listed many years back no Glyco / Mahle / Glacier / clevite
part numbers currently exist on their data base they have even checked for any N.O.S with distribution in Kontich Belgium and they have no records of ever supplying in Europe