Originally Posted by MolaKule
My suggestion is to send the bearing you are going to be using to http://www.arrowlab.com/ labs and have them do an analysis on the elemental content.
Without knowing the metallurgy of your engine components, UOA's will tell you nothing.
Thanks, Mola.
AFAICT, it's known with reasonable certainty that the bearings are steel backed with tin/aluminum alloy at the surface. Is that not enough to be reasonably sure that a tin spike might indicate bearing wear?
My suggestion is to send the bearing you are going to be using to http://www.arrowlab.com/ labs and have them do an analysis on the elemental content.
Without knowing the metallurgy of your engine components, UOA's will tell you nothing.
Thanks, Mola.
AFAICT, it's known with reasonable certainty that the bearings are steel backed with tin/aluminum alloy at the surface. Is that not enough to be reasonably sure that a tin spike might indicate bearing wear?