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Originally Posted by Rich150001
There is conflicting information from the manufacturer of the OEM bearings bebearings ( https://www.bebearings.com/) saying the older 2008-2010 bearings are more reliable than the 2013s.
"Newer factory bearings (2010.5 and later) are made from tin-aluminum, not lead-copper. Tin-aluminum bearings are 4-times harder on the surface than lead-copper bearings. This extra hardness shows signs of doing more damage to motors as there seems to be more bearing failures with 2010.5 and later vehicles. Tin-aluminum bearings also don't show the same signs of premature wear in Blackstone oil analysis due to lack of lead and copper." |
Very useful information thank you. I am curious to know if there were any pre-lci failures that were showing healthy blackstone reports.
If 100% of the time the wear will show a few oil changes away from failure I will wait to replace mine.