Babbit not even --

Kdancy
Kdancy Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
Called Harkins machine about the rod bearings they did for me. Notice the offset of the babbit material in this bearing shell? One side is .050 and the other about .015. He said it was due to the Hudson quality of the rods. Just looks like the boring bar was not set up properly to me.
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  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    Would have to see the accompanying rod to render a judgment. Sometimes a rod and cap are mismatched somewhere along the line and something like this results.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    One has to clean out the old babbit, straighten the rod, place in the rod boring machine and center the inside with a dial indicator; then when bored it is perfectly round inside and save settings. Pour rod, place back in rod boring machine and cut. This is what I do to keep babbit centered. Repeat for next rod.

    Randy
  • Kdancy
    Kdancy Senior Contributor
    Looks like I need to find some one else to do babbit work! Very disappointed in this.
  • Kdancy
    Kdancy Senior Contributor
    thinking ahead to my next project. Has anyone used the Babbit Pot for their babbit work?
    http://www.freewebz.com/babbittpot/index.html
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    edited May 2011
    Maybe it's just me, but from his previous response to your post, you might want to contact Randy to see if he can do your next batch. Sounds like he knows what he is doing, and a Hudson guy to boot!
  • Kdancy
    Kdancy Senior Contributor
    edited May 2011
    I had checked with Randy the first time but his time line was way way out.
    I'm going to check with my local machine shop to see if they will do the job after the babbit is poured and I get the rods back unfinished.
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