What is the best place I can get d series rod bearings? Should I just go to Napa and get some oem replacements or is there a better and or cheaper way? thanks for the help.

 

come one now. at least 1 person on here has bought d series rod bearings!?!?!

 

dealership, best place ever!

 

OEM if you willing to spend the money for a proper buildup. But ACL greens works great too. Just spec them out with plastigage. Replace the ones that are not within spec. But last time i changed the bearings. It all falls into specs with the ACL's. Thumbs up for the ACL

 

I have picked up bearings from autozone and acl's. The autozone ones were about $30 cheaper. Both miked out perfect.

 

Autohausaz.com has ACL D-series rods and mains for $49.50. Pick up a $2 seal and get free shipping for orders over $50.

The Clevite 77 tri-metal bearings have been used in a number of 500+ whp builds. Advanced Auto sells the D-rods in Clevite 77 tri-metal for $12.

 

I went to Honda and they said they needed the color on the back of the bearing...which there was none..and they said they couldn't do anything without knowing so i went to a machine shop.

 

Then Look at the letter and number codes to determine the bearing size.

You can find the Number stamped on the rod, and the letter stamped on the crankshaft, oh and BUY A GOD DAMN HAYNES MANUAL!!!

 

i got rock brand rings/rod bearings/main bearings from a local machine shop for $105. very high quality bearings for the price. i would only use taiho/daido (OEM honda), the clevite 77, ACL, or the rock bearings. no vandervall glacier or any other ----.

but imo, the clevites are too hard for a turbo setup (if thats what you're doing), its too hard to accurately narrow the clearances down using them.

 

Really, how do you figure that for the Clevites? I was under the ASSumption that they were sized green like the ACLs.

I liked the old Vandervell tri-metals, had a wee pile of those NOS for the Triumph junk I used to play with. Shame they don't make those anymore.

Ever used King Alecular bi-metal? I've pulled a couple sets of those out of $$$ builds... one of which had the crank turned 25 thou! On a Honda!