Suprakeith Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Well after months of planning and lots of expense, I take Engine to be built this weekend and can’t go no further duo to the king bearings being poor quality and covered in burrs and metal flakes. I know not meant to swear but I am so fucking pissed off it’s unreal, it just seems to be one thing after another as been let down by mates and donner engine at start of build so decide to forged mine and spend just under 6k only to find when goes to builders the king bearings are crap. How the hell can they let this poor quality out door without being checked, am greatful engine builder contacted me and didn’t use the bearings. Anyway some pictures of the shit King Xp bearings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2JZ Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Those look really bad. Got a set of king racing bearings i'm using in an engine build right now and they are silky smooth in comparison, maybe your batch got through QC without proper inspection. To be fair, if you are going balls out on a 6k engine rebuild, I'd suggest a better brand of bearing manufacture. King is on the budget end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bailey Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Send them back and get a full refund, buy some ACL or Clevite bearings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted October 14, 2017 Author Share Posted October 14, 2017 I didn’t realise king was on the budget end of bearings, I thought they were really good brand, I have emailed Whifbitz about the bearings as got them from him. Are ACL or Clevite a better brand then king then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignum Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Acl used to be very good...untill they went bust, its another company running it now i believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted October 14, 2017 Author Share Posted October 14, 2017 I think I going to buy clevite set and send the kings back to Whifbitz for refund, am totally unimpressed with the quality and how they can send out bearings like. I have emailed king themselves and asked how they can send out crap like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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