nearly all my parts. start assembly my 355sb right now it's a toss up between Clevite bearings and King performance bearings. King makes a really strong racing bearing I know .And Clevite H bearings are top of the line .anyone know a good reason to use one over the other? the price is nesrly the same . King being a few bucks less in cost.
ROG

 

forged or cast crank

 

Griff, not sure what you mean cast or forged. my crank is eagle 4340 forged ?, the bearings are asteel backer w/ poured alecular material layer .012ths or so. The info. I have is that this poured metal techology is not used here any longer. The guys I deal with out in the mid-west both drag anr round track racers swear by them. I ck.ed up on them and didn't find anything that was bad . but there is not a lot of info. to go by . was hoping someone here had the goods on these bearings.

rog

 

The only thing Ive been told is not to run the H series with a cast stock crank somthing about the bearing hardness vrs the softer cast metal and the fillit sp?radius of the stock type crank.

 

yes you right there , tri-metal bearings like clevite H are great across the board cast or forged. King also makes a std. bearing -These King hi-performance are just for forged cranks. i was hoping somone had unstalled and ran them.
thanks
rog

 

If bottom dollar is not a worry, use the Clevite H bearings. I use them inmany applications and they are great. The King bearings are good and I use a lot of them on jobs where we are watching a tight budget.

A side note, I use the H bearings on aftermarket cast cranks all the time as most of them havea large radius and regular bearings do not work unless you do some massaging. Do not fear the H bearing.

 

machineman, Clevitewas just about the only bearing I ever used back in the 60's early 70's . It's only the last few years that I've heard about King Hi-perfrormnace bearings. I was wanting to know about them because of the poured metal method used in their manufacture. That was the way all bearing were made back then. Fact is I use to pour babbet bareings in the plant I worked in wayto many years ago. Mid west racers love King bearings. and it's funy but I can buy Clevite MS909H mains for the same price as the King mains?
it the info. I want . the more the better. it helps me to know all the + and - . was leaning hard to Clevite.