M20 intermediate bearings (upgraded)

[ForcedFirebird]

Intermediate bearings have been becoming rare, specially the inner (have been NLA with no ETA for several months), so I decided to make them from 932 bronze. Went ahead and bought a length of material (was quite expensive) and used it up to make as many sets as I could. 932 (aka SAE 660) is the same material used in wrist pin bushings, rocker arm bushings, and in fact was the go-to choice for auto makers for cam shafts etc before babbitt became commonplace.

These install just like the stock bearings, except they will last much longer than the main/rod bearings, and would be great for those that do seasonal rebuilds/refresh.

8 sets made up, I need 2, that leaves 6 for sale. I have them listed on eBay for $279 delivered, save the eBay fees, can will do $240 shipped in USA for a direct sale to PayPal: )

Thanks for looking!

[whodwho]

Only 5 sets available now 8^)

[ForcedFirebird]

Only 5 sets available now 8^)

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[Mill-ix]

Sent you a pm, thanks!

[ForcedFirebird]

Sold out of this batch. Even sold the ones needed since we already started another run.

Unfortunately the price is going to have to go up. The materials increased 6% in a 8 WEEKS! Retail will stay $279, but will have to increase the "r3v" price to $260.

Rear bearings are in the machine now, we should have more ready to ship mid next week.

[ForcedFirebird]

These are now constantly in stock until BMW makes more. If you are in need, please type "11111264196" in eBay and you will se a real-time count of in-stock items. :)

Thanks everyone for your purchase.

[ForcedFirebird]

I no longer use PayPal. Was a 19yr member, 16yr as a business account.

As of Jan 2022, they reduced my monthly receivables from $10.8k, down to $7.2k (we processed $28k in Q1 alone), then a month later, down to $3.2k, then $1.8k in April, now they said I am "at risk" and took my monies for 180 days, and closed my account. They have approx $3k of my money, and it appears I will never see it.

EXACT same thing as this: https://www.dailydot.com/debug/flipper-zero-paypal/

Now use Stripe or Zelle.

[Red88]

That really sucks to hear about your paypal troubles

[ForcedFirebird]

That really sucks to hear about your paypal troubles

Had a good run. 19yrs (14as business) and I've been meaning to ween off them, but it was just convenient and routine. Fees are up to 4.75% with PPHere, so, that's that. Chase QuickPay is what I use locally now, 2.5%. PayPal kept telling me I needed to have shipping invoices on local sales, asking for supplier invoices, scans of my ID etc, been in the same business address for almost 12yr, same bank acct etc. Silly, really. PayPal made quite a lick with my time.

Anyways, John@m20guru.com for Zelle, will honor the $260 shipped price. Just let me know it's incoming.

Otherwise, you can put an offer on my eBay ad and just put "r3v" in the notes and I will accept the offer at $260 plus shipping.

These have been being shipped all over the world. Thank you everyone!

Last few orders were Mexico, Australia, UK, and Poland! Ships internationally via USPS. :)

[ForcedFirebird]

Have 5 sets ready to ship, 12 sets in the machines for the holidays!