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      09-16-2015, 09:53 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by Leonardo629 View Post
If you guys check out the rod bearing wiki, new bearings have greater clearance, eccentricity is also different.
Everything I have read, and I have read everything on the subject, suggests that the bearing change was to comply with EU no lead laws and that there was no redesign of tolerances. Besides, to the extent there is a problem to fix, it was much less recognized in 2010 when the bearings were changed.
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