> I have a 1962 that has an awful knocking sound. It was run > for less than 2 minutes on this condition by me, but came to > me this way. PO said it ran "fine" > but a bad starter prevented me from hearing the sound when > transacting the deal. Well you already know the perfect way to do it but... as long as there aren't any rough edges to score the new bearing you should be fine just to polish it up and put it back together with new bearings. I would go ahead and replace all the bearings while you are in there. That's not the recommended way to repair it but will probably be fine for a "$900 Imperial" Steve B. -- Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.1/64 - Release Date: 8/4/2005 ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm