Main engine bearings

[Wayne in mo]

being new to motor work on these engines, Im having trouble finding the right size bearing set. The cases I have are line bored .60 over, the crank journals are std and the thrust bearing is std.
Any ideas?

[Wayne in mo]

Type 1-3 cases

[Teeroy]

You can also look for bearings with 60 linebore, standard crank with oversize thrust, and then trim the bearing to fit your standard thrust case
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[Brian_e]

Looks like the closest you are going to get is a 111 198 491 60.

It is .060 case, STD crank, and +2 thrust. It is VERY odd that a case would need to be line bored that far without ever needing to be thrust cut, unless it had a stuck bearing or something in a previous life.

Just order a set of those bearings, and have the thrust surface widened in the lathe to match you case. Since you have to machine a bearing anyways, you might as well have a skim cut on the case thrust done because it most likely needs it.

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[Glenn]

https://www.mamotorworks.com/vw/product/vw-main-be...0cc-316003

Select T166 which is .060 crank / std rod / 2nd cut thrust and you can easily have a machine shop cut the thrust bearing to fit the case.

Or buy from a Samba member
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2598237
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