Wolseley/Ruston Main Bearings
Finding no supplier for new bearing for my Wolseley WD2, I decided to have a go at home production. My experiments were eventually rewarded by a casting which can be machined to suit the main bearings to suit the following engines -
The alloy used is approximately to BS3332A (89% tin, 7.5% antimony, 3.5% copper) which should give longer service life than the original lead-based Wolseley bearings.
The bearings are available as a rough casting for home machining (machining guide provided), as a part finished item for the WD2 (tapered body finished, but bore left unmachined), or fully finished.
The photo above shows a new bearing on the left and an original Wolseley WD2 bearing on the right.
If interested please find my contact details on the homepage.
Details of the production process are outlined on the linked Whitemetal bearing production page.