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Instead of the standard aluminum bearings I purchased "Sealed Power" steel bearings with the Outer Diameter oil ring/groove.
I had read somewhere that these rings are not installed with the oil hole lined up as you would normally do. The groove feeds the oil around to the hole in the bearing.
The article had said that this type of bearing lets you put the oil hole at the
3 o'clock position so that the fresh oil gets applied to the camshaft where the greatest pressure occurs (best protection from wear).
Does anyone know if this is true?
If so, when they say 3 o'clock position, do they mean viewing the engine from the front/radiator (would place the hole on the driver side of engine) or from the rear/transmission (would place the hole on the passenger side of the engine) ?
I had read somewhere that these rings are not installed with the oil hole lined up as you would normally do. The groove feeds the oil around to the hole in the bearing.
The article had said that this type of bearing lets you put the oil hole at the
3 o'clock position so that the fresh oil gets applied to the camshaft where the greatest pressure occurs (best protection from wear).
Does anyone know if this is true?
If so, when they say 3 o'clock position, do they mean viewing the engine from the front/radiator (would place the hole on the driver side of engine) or from the rear/transmission (would place the hole on the passenger side of the engine) ?
