<VV> The 3 Greatest Corvair Improvements

[airvair]

Now that Lon and a few others have had their fun, I'd like to say that I
STILL stand by my previous statements. And my cars get a QC bearing
regardless. My cars, my choice.

-Mark

corvairs wrote:
> 
> 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.")
> >
> >
> >