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trust me lon is telling the truth, it is still running the origianl bearing and there 67 is still running the origainal oil as well :L)  curt

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From: corvairs <lonwall at corvairunderground.com> 

> Again Mark, the factory design is not defective because 100,000 miles 
> plus down the road the bearing fails. How many other cars have much more 
> expensive repairs needed sooner than that? At worst it's a 4 hour job to 
> replace - then you can do it again in 20 years. This, in my mind, is far 
> from "defective". In Linda's 67 it is still running the original fan 
> bearing after 175,000 miles and 40 years. Lon 
> 
> www.corvairunderground.com 
> 
> airvair wrote: 
> 
> >That may be, but if it's good enough for alternator bearings, it's good 
> >enough for blower bearings. Besides, I'd rather be able to replace them 
> >when and where needed than need to and not be able. The factory design 
> >was defective from the start in that they "assumed" that it would last 
> >"forever", (one of their "sealed for life" ideas that I call "sealed for 
> >death.") 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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