[Fordors]

Electro-Motive, GM’s locomotive division began producing powder metal components in-house in 1974 and did so for twenty years. My involvement spanned that time until it was was farmed out in a cost cutting measure. From what I know about Oilite (which we did not produce) it may have performed well as a k/p bushing but I wonder about the feasibility of compacting a component that tall, and having a thin wall thickness. No doubt they did it, but I’m wondering just how it was done. Oilite’s ability to be self lubricating had no benefit in that application so I wonder why it would have been chosen in the first place.