Where can I find thrust barrings

[mx3sho]

I have my 89 motor at macine shop getting board and balenced and the owner called me and said he was having troubles finding some new thrust beariings. He said he surched the net for a couble of hours and called ford but they were discontenued. any help would be greatlly appreciated thanks.

 

[Racer X]

I saved the set from my 3.0L that I just dismantled. I havent' mic'd them, but my thrust bearings had pretty neglible wear. I don't really plan on doing anything with them in the forseeable future, so if you're interested in them, shoot me a PM.

 

[TYSHO]

You're not going to find any at this time, only if some company opens up their pallets and take inventory. After that, you better hurry before it all gets sold to an exporter company and is gone for good. I watched many new parts, including oil pumps, get sold off to an exporter. We will no longer see those SHO parts again...

Edit: And sad to say, those parts even included thrust bearings for the SHO, I think 34 of them. I had told the guy I wanted them and to pull them out, but they were mistaken and were another set of bearings. The other parts I requested, over 50 timing chains, 50+ timing belts, 30+ upper gasket kits, 3 oil pumps, 3 piston ring sets, and probably some other stuff I am missing, all got sold and not pulled out in time.

 

[Off Road SHO]

Sold to an exporter? Do you mean sold to someone outside this country. Who will then sell them back to us on ebay? Exporter to another country where they have lots of SHO's?

Tom

 

[TYSHO]

Sold to an exporter? Do you mean sold to someone outside this country. Who will then sell them back to us on ebay? Exporter to another country where they have lots of SHO's?

Tom

I doubt you will see them on eBay, they went to the middle east and you never see anything on eBay from there. And if that was the case, you would see lots of parts for sale on eBay from them and others, but you don't.

 

[CerberuS]

middle east? shos in there?

ill be damned.

 

[SHOtimer]

I doubt you will see them on eBay, they went to the middle east and you never see anything on eBay from there. And if that was the case, you would see lots of parts for sale on eBay from them and others, but you don't.

Why in the world would they be sold there!?

Doug

 

[SHOtimer]

When I rebuilt my motor last year I bought my main bearings from Josh at SHOnut and they came with brand new thrust bearings from Clevite. I just searched his site and couldn't find them. I'd send him an email and see what he has to say.

Doug

 

[TYSHO]

Why in the world would they be sold there!?

Doug

Because they had enough money to buy many parts for a couple dollars each, yet paid thousands for it all.

 

[TYSHO]

When I rebuilt my motor last year I bought my main bearings from Josh at SHOnut and they came with brand new thrust bearings from Clevite. I just searched his site and couldn't find them. I'd send him an email and see what he has to say.

Doug

They stopped making the thrust bearings, but someone else is trying to get in contact and have them made again.

 

[drivinhard]

Ah so all these katusha rockets are made from old SHO parts

 

[yamahaSHO]

Clevite never made thrust bearings for the SHO. They just bought OEM FORD bearings and sold them. Once Ford dried up, so did the people that bought them to resale them.

 

[TYSHO]

Clevite never made thrust bearings for the SHO. They just bought OEM FORD bearings and sold them. Once Ford dried up, so did the people that bought them to resale them.

So that's what it came to be...and it sucks!

 

[AREA 91]

That's just sad. I'm glad I got mine when they were available.

 

[mx3sho]

Thanks for all the help and info. I guess i got lucky my macienist found a set at some ford place in kentucky. he also told me he found a guy that hd tust bearings for a 1902 packert in stock befor he found mine.

 

[SHOtimer]

That's just sad. I'm glad I got mine when they were available.

Me too.

Are they really necessary to replace, it isn't like our motors eat through them like we do rod bearings?

Doug