[SEL] Babbit bearings & pitted shafts

[Luke Tonneberger]

Hi Andy,

You could always fix the crankshaft with JB Weld and use a dummy shaft the 
same size as the crankshaft to pour the bearing around.

Luke Tonneberger
Rockforrd, Michigan
USA
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>From: "Andy Glines" <andyglines at hotmail.com>
>
>I need to pour some new bearings and the shaft has some deep pits.  My 
>original plan was to simply fill the pits with JB weld or Devcon and sand 
>flush with the existing shaft.  The filler will have plenty of strength on 
>the shaft but I wonder how it will hold up to the heat of pouring the 
>bearing?  Who has experience with this problem?