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PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:03 am    Post subject: Flanged Main Bearings from CB Reply with quote

How are these superior to standard bearings and what is their application (street/strip/daily)? Are they worth the almost 4x price of standard mains?

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:13 am    Post subject: Re: Flanged Main Bearings from CB Reply with quote

They aren’t simply a replacement stock size bearing set. They have a very specific use for a flanged crank with Type 4 main journals in an unmachined standard linebore case. The other more common way was to take two sets of standard Type 4 bearing sets to create the two piece flanged bearing, then have the case line bored to accept the larger Type 4 bearing. Comparing prices to their counter parts are about the same, but there isn’t the additional machine work to the case needed.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:13 am    Post subject: Re: Flanged Main Bearings from CB Reply with quote

Are you running a flanged crank?
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 8:21 am    Post subject: Re: Flanged Main Bearings from CB Reply with quote

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They have a very specific use for a flanged crank with Type 4 main journals in an unmachined standard linebore case.


Awesome, thanks for the response. I never heard of them before, so was just asking about their general application.

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Are you running a flanged crank?


Nope, so now I don't need to worry about using these.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 10:49 am    Post subject: Re: Flanged Main Bearings from CB Reply with quote

Makes me think 🤔 CB is going to start selling flanged cranks SOON. Dan
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 11:32 am    Post subject: Re: Flanged Main Bearings from CB Reply with quote

Dan Ruddock wrote:
Makes me think 🤔 CB is going to start selling flanged cranks SOON. Dan
CB had flanged cranks in their booth at Sacramento Bugorama 4 or 5 years ago and had wondered why they haven't been selling them. I would assume bearing supply was the main issue.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 11:38 am    Post subject: Re: Flanged Main Bearings from CB Reply with quote

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Makes me think 🤔 CB is going to start selling flanged cranks SOON. Dan
CB had flanged cranks in their booth at Sacramento Bugorama 4 or 5 years ago and had wondered why they haven't been selling them. I would assume bearing supply was the main issue.


The current Empi/bugpack should be available to CB also. Wish a Porsche journal version was produced. Dan
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 6:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Flanged Main Bearings from CB Reply with quote

stealth67vw wrote:
Dan Ruddock wrote:
Makes me think 🤔 CB is going to start selling flanged cranks SOON. Dan
CB had flanged cranks in their booth at Sacramento Bugorama 4 or 5 years ago and had wondered why they haven't been selling them. I would assume bearing supply was the main issue.


The main issue with a flanged crank is the cost. That’s why Empi contacted Revmaster to start making the ones they used to do for Bugpack again. Empi has them listed for a little over $1500 for a crank/flywheel. That’s a bargain compared to the $2200+ the Scat ones are up to. And you don’t want to know what the Pro-Stock/Pro-Mod cranks are going for.

CB definitely is an innovator in creating something to fill a market void, or make performance stuff more available to the common hobbiest. With everyone complaining about aluminum rod bearings, they should of had King make some tri-metal VW/Chevy journal bearings.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2020 12:17 am    Post subject: Re: Flanged Main Bearings from CB Reply with quote

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Dan Ruddock wrote:
I would assume bearing supply was the main issue.


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:34 pm    Post subject: Re: Flanged Main Bearings from CB Reply with quote

On the flanged crank how do the seal work is there a pic
of the crank in a block somwhere , haven't seen one in a block
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Flanged Main Bearings from CB Reply with quote

SLAKKER wrote:
On the flanged crank how do the seal work is there a pic
of the crank in a block somwhere , haven't seen one in a block
yet


The seal rides on the outer diameter of the rear flange section of the crank, as opposed to riding on the flywheel. The flanged seals are larger in diameter than a stock VW one, so the case needs machined for the seal.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 9:34 am    Post subject: Re: Flanged Main Bearings from CB Reply with quote

I wound up buying these bearings. They're basically 411 adapters for standard type 1 mains. I opted out of doing the thrust conversion this time around since it is built into the bearing.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2022 10:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Flanged Main Bearings from CB Reply with quote

How is the crankshaft end play managed? I have a flanged crank and was going to have GEERS do the bronze bushing, but this seems reasonable alternative.
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