When I did my guide rod mounts I mentioned cleaning out the mount recesses in the bearing brackets, Steve Brotherton relayed a little first hand knowledge about this. He told of cleaning all of the corrosion (from the old mount case) out of the brackets once, inadvertanly changing the dimension of the recess and have the new mount thunk just like the old worn mounts did. Problem was the mounts were slopping in the bracket. Remedy now becomes replacement of the bearing brackets - an expensive proposition.

Perchance did your indy clean out the brackets a little too good?

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Mike Tangas
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