my new project

[goodhart]

God, bearings are one of those things that are so hard to tell the condition by pictures. You almost have to see them to tell.

[golden763]

They look pretty nice I saw them I'd reuse them if it were mine

[4seasons69]

I am no expert but that looks similar to ones I see online of people replacing...

Like I said, no expert and take it with a grain of salt. If you can't feel the scratches I am sure it will work but might be better off replacing I guess.

Yeah i agree. But these only have 600 miles on them. It sucks lol. I dunno It's kind of a crap shoot right now

God, bearings are one of those things that are so hard to tell the condition by pictures. You almost have to see them to tell.

Yeah i agree. I dunno lol.

They look pretty nice I saw them I'd reuse them if it were mine I just tend to be overly paranoid.

Well onto some positives. The cylinder walls look just about perfect. the rod and main journals on the crank look perfect. So i dont know what to do with the bearings right now. My overly paranoid self wants to just replace them but I don't want to pull the engine and replacing them in the car looks like a biotch to do.

Right now I'm just sick of working on the car, I'm sick of spending money on it, I'm just plain burnt out on the car right now. I just want it working . Idk I guess we'll see.

[asshanson]

Rod bearings are easy and cheap enough to replace, and those look a little worse from pics compared to the mains. But as goodhart said, really hard to tell from pics. Maybe check all the mains and make sure they're good and just do the rod bearings?

[4seasons69]

That's a good idea. The rods are easy enough to replace

[golden763]

The other thing I never thought of did u take one of the upper rod bearings out? There usually the ones that take the worst beating the upper rod bearings and lower mains

[simulatedwood]

From the pictures you posted, you are still on the first layer, for most of the bearing surface on all the bearings in the picture. It safe at this point to just reuse all the bearings.

[4seasons69]

The other thing I never thought of did u take one of the upper rod bearings out? There usually the ones that take the worst beating the upper rod bearings and lower mains

I have not. I can check the next time I'm over there

From the pictures you posted, you are still on the first layer, for most of the bearing surface on all the bearings in the picture. It safe at this point to just reuse all the bearings.

I hope so. So far quite a few people have said they are useable. So I'm either going to replace the rods and use the mains or just reuse the rods and mains for this summer then pull the engine and replace all of them next winter.

[blackawdtsi]

I agree with simulated. It looks like the break in coating is worn off. Not sure what you're paranoid about. Especially if you can't feel anything with your nail.

Run a good, heavy oil if you're worried.

[4seasons69]

I agree with simulated. It looks like the break in coating is worn off. Not sure what you're paranoid about. Especially if you can't feel anything with your nail.

Run a good, heavy oil if you're worried.

paranoid that the will cause a problem. I just over think things. Bearings will be reused. And it will be using to a good heavy oil.

Anyone have any opinions on switching to synthetic before 1k miles? I'm thinking about switching to synthetic when I get it up and running. Is 625 miles too soon?