Corin_Huke
01-27-2004, 07:43 AM
Hi
Are you guys in the US suffering the same problems as we are in Europe - difficulty in finding good big end bearings for the Konig/Konny style engines that are raced in the pro classes?
I'm told that the bearings from Konny are simply not up to the job and fail after a matter of heats rather than races...!
I understand that Steve Litzell does a good job of re-conditioning used bearings by re-cotaing the cages and inserting new needle rollers. Are you guys having to do this because, like us, you cannot locate any quality new bearings?
As well as Steve's name, Ed Thirlby has been mentioned as someone who may be able to help. I know that Ed has not been in the best of health recently and I don't want to hassle him if he (you) are all in the same boat as us (excuse the pun!)
I know a few of the guys are going to try and speak to Peter Konig to see if he can throw any light on where the bearings can be obtained, but I fear like many of the original Konig parts, these were made specifically for Dieter/Peter
Of course I will let you know of any info received from the Peter Konig route, but in the meantime if you have any details that may help us, it would be much appreciated
Regards
Corin
Are you guys in the US suffering the same problems as we are in Europe - difficulty in finding good big end bearings for the Konig/Konny style engines that are raced in the pro classes?
I'm told that the bearings from Konny are simply not up to the job and fail after a matter of heats rather than races...!
I understand that Steve Litzell does a good job of re-conditioning used bearings by re-cotaing the cages and inserting new needle rollers. Are you guys having to do this because, like us, you cannot locate any quality new bearings?
As well as Steve's name, Ed Thirlby has been mentioned as someone who may be able to help. I know that Ed has not been in the best of health recently and I don't want to hassle him if he (you) are all in the same boat as us (excuse the pun!)
I know a few of the guys are going to try and speak to Peter Konig to see if he can throw any light on where the bearings can be obtained, but I fear like many of the original Konig parts, these were made specifically for Dieter/Peter
Of course I will let you know of any info received from the Peter Konig route, but in the meantime if you have any details that may help us, it would be much appreciated
Regards
Corin