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Old 10-02-2024, 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by hurryinhoosier62 View Post
Spent nearly thirty years of my life in aircraft maintenance; old habits die hard. Theoretically isn’t reality. The babbitt surface on bearing is actually fairly fragile. If memory serves me, spray welding uses temps in excess of the melting point of antimony( the main component in babbitt). The steel shell of the bearing would be a better surface, but there is still no guarantees it would work. It does wonders on block decks, crevice seal areas, water pump housing surfaces, and most other low stress areas.

Keep up with the times the link i posted said it can be done on a piece of chocolate but not recomended and it can be applied to wood as i and the article mentioned,

theory is the birthplace of reality.

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