Many of you may be familiar with my work on m3post in the "S65 Bearing Wiki" thread. Many have become aware of the bearing clearance problem in the S65/S85, and the proposed solutions and workarounds. Well finally, new bearings are being made to address the bearing clearance issue.
A tremendous amount of work has gone into getting these manufactured.
There are many players in making this happen. Myself (PG and Regular Guy) and kawasaki00 have worked on this for a long time to get the best product to market. There are also other players involved that will remain anonymous until official launch and sales.
Here is where we are today.
1 Clevite has received specs and samples. The engineering department is currently working on prints.
2 Blueprints from Clevite will be sent mid January for final sign off approval.
3 Upon our approval production of the bearings will be complete May 2015.
The bearings will be lead copper based with Clevite low friction "Tri-Armor" coating. Clearance specs are designed to be correct with the coatings.
Vendor will be announced at a later date, though vendor distribution is already setup. The vendor will be somebody many of you already know.
A tremendous amount of work has gone into getting these manufactured.
There are many players in making this happen. Myself (PG and Regular Guy) and kawasaki00 have worked on this for a long time to get the best product to market. There are also other players involved that will remain anonymous until official launch and sales.
Here is where we are today.
1 Clevite has received specs and samples. The engineering department is currently working on prints.
2 Blueprints from Clevite will be sent mid January for final sign off approval.
3 Upon our approval production of the bearings will be complete May 2015.
The bearings will be lead copper based with Clevite low friction "Tri-Armor" coating. Clearance specs are designed to be correct with the coatings.
Vendor will be announced at a later date, though vendor distribution is already setup. The vendor will be somebody many of you already know.