main bearings

[big red]

hello all, does any one know of any one that still has a supply of genuine Vandervill bearings? I only seem able to find the modern imitations of the real thing. I've even tried Clevite's but they don't do any thing that fits. any idea's any one?<br>
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regards <br>
brian

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[redalan1971]

i've had the same trouble recently, i even contacted the makers direct but other that an acknowledgment i heard no more.<br>
i did manage to get some AE bearings from moss as opposed to the cheap imitations others sell.

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[alun n]

.....a set of new Vandervell +40 big ends, but that's all I'm afraid.<br>
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[Mark Larmour]

From our supplier here in Australia, we have been advised that, Vandervell/AE will no longer be making Triumph Dolomite (or Stag) engine bearings. They say the demand is not sufficient to meet the production cost. I believe that they like to make runs of 10,000 sets.<br>
We do still have some sizes available in Vandervell, until stock is depleted. Currently we are experiencing difficulty in locating a supplier of engine bearings in any size, so things don't currently look to good for the future. Any ideas???<br>
We have been considering have bearings locally produced, but again cost of producing even a small batch versus on going demand makes it very difficult.

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[Dave]

I bought some big ends they were labelled up as also being for saab 900 so presumably there aren't many of those in Auz.

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