Pourin bearings in Mike's 50 LG | Blacksmith Show and Tell | Forum

Spent yesterday and today pouring new bearings for Mike Neely's 50LG... Seems lots of people have interest in what it takes to do it... Thought I would share some photos..

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Here is what I started with... caps and frame all cleaned up with all the gook burned out.

[Image Can Not Be Found] Set up with the mandrel in place prior to the pour

[Image Can Not Be Found] The finished bearings in the caps..

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A couple pics of the finished bearings in the frame, you can see the spacers are still in the babbit..

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Not sure what happened to the post with the clutch pics... So here they are again

[Image Can Not Be Found] The mandrel and the ring I used to press the mandrel out..

[Image Can Not Be Found] The clutch poured with mandrel still in place

[Image Can Not Be Found] Turning the clutch bearing

[Image Can Not Be Found] Finished bearing ready to work!