Re: 1957 Evinrude Big Twin 35hp HELP

[danblue]

Here’s a question: This motor is almost 60 years old, and the previous owner had it completely rebuilt and restored around 2009, so how on earth did this motor make it this far in life with the original (or even replaced) needle bearings, and why would anyone put needle bearings back into this powerhead knowing they were faulty??

If the motor happened to be one of the fortunate warrentee rebuilds from the factory years ago, would the factory just have reinstalled these stupid needle bearings at that time? Would the restoration in 2009 have included new needle bearings that were known to be faulty??? This makes no sense. Did Evinrude install roller bearings after this epic failure with the needle bearings on these 1957 motors when the powerhead failed?

Does a 1956-1957 Johnson 35hp Seahorse have the exact same powerhead which includes these faulty needle bearings, or is the Johnson powerhead from this era a different setup?

Thanks,