REALLY IMPORTANT ENGINE QUESTION- please help!

[rapieper@yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

Do NOT reassemble with those bearings!  They are wrong (based on your
description).  Get the correct ones, or you'll regret it badly...

Ron

--- Robbie Cotner <robw_z@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm in the put-back-together stage of my '84 JH 1.8 rebuild.  I got
> to the point where I needed to put my new rod bearings on.  The old
> rod bearings were set in the middle of the rod perfectly, with about
> 3mm on each side.  On the new rod bearings, the "lip" which sets the
> bearing into place on the ride is in a slightly different spot, so
> when the bearing is put on it is off to one side of the bearing, with
> about 5mm on one side and maybe 1mm on the other.  The new bearings
> do not extend beyond the crank journals, however.  Also, the top and
> bottom bearings don't line up due to the offset-  the rebuild kit I
> ordered was the "top line" one from JC Whitney, all other parts have
> so far matched up.  Should I order new bearings from Potter or use
> these, or maybe reuse the old ones?(how bad is that, I assume bad). 
> Please help, I'm in kind of a hurry to get the engine back together-
> 
> thanks in advance,
> 
> Rob
> 
> 
> 
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