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Originally Posted by 8lueM3
One thing that feels weird to me, is that every time I googled for "S65 RB replacement", the RB were much more "used", the copper part was showing, however, as the RB I've shown in the pics (which is where it has some damage) doesn't really expose any copper, it actually looks almost "new" - I was expecting something like this:
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One possible reason your example doesn't show copper is the copper layer has been worn away from the bearing shell spinning on the crank - OR your car is using the later tin type bearings instead of the earlier lead + copper bearings.
Edit: I see your original post says your car is a 2008. The earlier cars had lead + copper RB. So yours has worn away......