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Originally Posted by Old Henry
In discussing the source of all of the metal in the oil pan with Paul, he showed me how all of the bearings were totally devoid of their top layer of silver metal on both sides which would account for all of the silver pieces in the oil pan. He also expressed his opinion again that the reason all of the bearings wore out was because the clearances of them were not right.
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I have to disagree. This is classic "fatigue" failure due to hammering a properly fit bearing. If it was an improper fit it would have melted the outer surface and scored into the next two layers.
Lonnie