WHITE METAL BEARINGS

[Dougie SwanParticipant @dougieswan43463]

Hi, can anyone point me in the direction of a Babbitt / white metal supplier in the UK, I need to make some new bearings for a Petter engine.

Thanks

Dougie

[Dougie SwanParticipant @dougieswan43463]

[Peter BellParticipant @peterbell11509]

Hi Dougie,

 

I struggled to find a source for a similar job and eventually I contacted Hoyt who suggested contacting http://www.jelbearings.co.uk/index.php

 

As well as remetaling bearings they will sell small amounts of suitable bearing metal without all the surcharges of a small order.

 

Hope this helps

 

Peter

[Roger WoollettParticipant @rogerwoollett53105]

Alec Tiranti also have a white bearing metal listed on their site.

 

Roger Woollett

[JohnFParticipant @johnf59703]

Hi, found this site might be worth a look

http://www.gwneale.co.uk/whitemetals.html

[JohnFParticipant @johnf59703]

Lots of bearing info here, might be useful ? Big end bearings for Jowett cars etc historical info on plain bearing material development.

 

http://jowett.org/jowettnet/dt/contributions/TonyGeorge/TonyGeorge.htm

 

Regards John

[Dougie SwanParticipant @dougieswan43463]

Thanks guys, Alec Tiranti looks the best option but he is out of stock at the moment

Once again thanks for the help

Dougie

[MICHAEL WILLIAMSParticipant @michaelwilliams41215]

Whitemetal is still used extensively on preserved locomotives and rolling stock for axle bearings and some other purposes . If your other researches don’t bear fruit visit any of the preserved railways with repair shops and ask both what they use and where they get it from .

 

PS : Don’t confuse the whitemetal sold for ornamental castings and model kits with the engineering grade whitemetals – same family of alloys but different composition and characteristics .

Edited By MICHAEL WILLIAMS on 26/01/2012 23:41:55

Edited By MICHAEL WILLIAMS on 26/01/2012 23:44:33

[BaldricParticipant @baldric]

In preservation I have used Summit Solder Products, they are part of another firm and i am not sure they use the name, but here is their website.

 

http://www.emrltd.com/solder.php

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