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MoparMike1974

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Building a chubby 350 for a chevelle were restoring in the shop. Went to put bottom end together today and found this oddity.

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Yep, no notch. Looks like someone at King put on in the box before they were done making it.
 
Summit sent a replacement set out. Not sure who made these, they are summit brand. Its just a stock re-ring to freshen it up. Engine only had like 50k on it and was in great shape except for a wiped cam. I typically dont skimp on parts like bearings.
 
Have never heard notch reference to a bearing before. Interesting, if the picture of the bearing wasn't there, I would not have known what the op was talking about.
 
People will call it a notch if they don't know the purpose . It is called a lock because it locks the bearing and prevents it from spinning in the bore. A notch is cut into a surface the bearing lock is stamped in.

The notch would be in the bearing bore to accept the lock that is stamped in the bearing.

Just an FYI


CRUZE 418 said:
Have never heard notch reference to a bearing before. Interesting, if the picture of the bearing wasn't there, I would not have known what the op was talking about.
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It’s a little out of focus and the exposure is a bit off . Color not quite a true as it could be .
other that it is a fine picture ….
 
Oldmanmopar said:
People will call it a notch if they don't know the purpose . It is called a lock because it locks the bearing and prevents it from spinning in the bore. A notch is cut into a surface the bearing lock is stamped in.

The notch would be in the bearing bore to accept the lock that is stamped in the bearing.

Just an FYI
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It is actually called a "TANG". It only locates the bearing, and has nothing to do with preventing rotation. The "crush" of the bearing in the housing bore prevents rotation.
 
Yes, maybe it's a local thing, but tang is what we would call it here. Was just saying that I had never heard it referred to a a notch.
 
Wang no care. Wang paid by Socialist Government no matter what Wang make. Wang own nothing and be happy.
 
I really don't care what it is called. The major part of my post was to dispel the idea that it prevents rotation of the bearing. It does not. It just locates the bearing. The "crush" is what keeps the bearing from rotating.
 
Call them what ever you want. They lock the bearing in position while being crushed when torqued . This locates the oil hole and side position for crank radius. We call them locks and they fit in the notch in the block or rod.

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