Engine Bearings, 'A' Series, Vandervell

Rod bearings, main bearings, thrust washers, cam bearings, small end bushes for all BMC, BL Austin Rover A-Series engines. We endeavor to supply only Vandervell bearings in the VP2 high performance Tri-metal type bearings, but in some cases this is becoming more and more difficult.

The next grade of material is type: VP19, not as good as VP2 for racing use, but perfectly acceptable for most other applications.

Engine Bearing Update

At the present moment the bearing situation is a nightmare!
One company, Dana Corp, owns the Vandervell engine bearing division.
Originally Federal Mogul owned Vandervell, but due to anti-trust problems in court they spun it off to Dana.
Some bearings are still available in the tri-metal VP2 type of bearing, these are the Vandervell bearings, however, just because you have a 'box' of Vandervell bearings does not mean that you have VP2! Check carefully. Not all "VP2" bearings are tri-metal, rather they are a reticular tin bearing, but seem to be working OK.

What you don't want in a performance application is aluminum tin bearings, Vandervell VP19 or Glacier "SA", but for a stock rebuild these are OK

APT has been buying old stock wherever possible, but this is coming to an end.
We supply the best bearings we can, and this will probably be in the following order of choices:
Dana/Vandervell, Federal Mogul AE, Cleveite, Glacier.
The first choice then are the bearings with an Indium overlay, the next is what are commonly called Lead/Bronze or Lead/Copper, lastly the "A" or "SA" material, which is what is normally used in all OEM engines, mostly because they are cheaper to make, and they deal with dirty oil better.

Part Number	Description	Pkg'd	Price US $
VPR572-1....	Rod Bearings, All Engines With 1.625" Journals, .010 VP2	ST	$69.95
VPR572-2....	Rod Bearings, All Engines With 1.625" Journals, .020 VP2	ST	$69.95
VPR572-3....	Rod Bearings, All Engines With 1.625" Journals, .030 VP2	ST	$89.00
VPR572-4....	Rod Bearings, All Engines With 1.625" Journals, .040 VP2	ST	$136.76
VPR572-S....	Rod Bearings, All Engines With 1.625" Journals, STD. VP2	ST	$69.95
VPR91306-1..	Rod Bearings, 1275 With 1.75" Journals, .010 u/s VP2	ST	$69.95
VPR91306-2..	Rod Bearings, 1275 With 1.75" Journals, .020 u/s VP2	ST	$69.95
VPR91306-3..	Rod Bearings, 1275 With 1.75" Journals, .030 u/s VP2	ST	$69.95
VPR91306-S..	Rod Bearings, 1275 With 1.75" Journals, Standard VP2	ST	$69.95
VPR91306-4	Rod Bearings, 1275 With 1.75" Journals, .040 u/s VP2	ST	$136.76

Part Number	Description	Pkg'd	Price US $
VPM592-1	Main Bearings, 948, 1.75" Dia. Crank, .010 u/s VP2	ST	$95.00
VPM592-2	Main Bearings, 948, 1.75" Dia. Crank, .020 u/s VP2	ST	$95.00
VPM592-3	Main Bearings, 948, 1.75" Dia. Crank, .030 u/s VP2	ST	$95.00
VPM592-S	Main Bearings, 948, 1.75" Dia. Crank, .STD VP2 Very few of the VPM592 are still available, but one workable alternative is to use VPM733, these are a little narrower, but in practice they work just fine. We have been using them in 948/early 1098 engines for over 10 years with no problems.	ST	$95.00
VPM733-1....	Main Bearings, 998, (can be used in 948) .010 u/s VP2	ST	$62.20
VPM733-2....	Main Bearings, 998, (can be used in 948) .020 u/s VP2	ST	$62.20
VPM733-3....	Main Bearings, 998, (can be used in 948) .030 u/s VP2	ST	$79.20
VPM733-4	Main Bearings, 998, (can be used in 948) 0.040" VP2	ST	$62.20
VPM733-S....	Main Bearings, 998, 1.75" Dia. Crank, Standard VP2	ST	$62.20
VPM91120-1..	Main Bearings, Cooper S, Late 1098 & 1275 pre-A+, .010	ST	$79.00
VPM91120-2..	Main Bearings, Cooper S, Late 1098 & 1275 pre-A+, .020	ST	$79.00
VPM91120-3..	Main Bearings, Cooper S, Late 1098 & 1275 pre-A+, .030	ST	$79.00
VPM91120-4	Main Bearings, Cooper S, Late 1098 & 1275 pre-A+, 040	ST	$110.50
VPM91120-S..	Main Bearings, Cooper S, Late 1098 & 1275 pre-A+, Std	ST	$79.00
VPM91886-1..	Main Bearings, 1300 A+ Engines, .010 u/s VP2	ST	$59.95
VPM91886-2..	Main Bearings, 1300 A+ Engines, .020 u/s VP2	ST	$59.95
VPM91886-S..	Main Bearings, 1300 A+ Engines, Standard VP2	ST	$59.95

Part Number	Description	Pkg'd	Price US $
VP-THICK....	Thrust Washers - Thick, 2" Main - Special To fit non 'S' Cranks into Cooper S Blocks	ST	NLA
VP-THIN	Thrust Washers - Thin, 2" Main- Special To fit 'S' Cranks into non 'S' Blocks	ST	$39.98
VPW151-5....	Thrust Washers, 850 & 948 With 1.75" Mains, .005"	ST	$20.12
VPW151-S....	Thrust Washers, 850 & 948 With 1.75" Mains, Standard	ST	$19.75
VPW41-3.....	Thrust Washers, 1275 & 1098 With 2.0" Mains, .003"	ST	$19.45
VPW41-5.....	Thrust Washers, 1275 & 1098 With 2.0" Mains, .005"	ST	$19.45
VPW41-S.....	Thrust Washers, 1275 & 1098 With 2.0" Mains, Standard	ST	$19.45
VPW81-10....	Thrust Washers, 998 & 1098 With 1.75 Mains, .010"	ST	$18.00
VPW81-3.....	Thrust Washers, 998 & 1098 With 1.75 Mains, .003"	ST	$14.50
VPW81-30....	Thrust Washers, 998 & 1098 With 1.75 Mains, .030"	ST	$14.50
VPW81-5.....	Thrust Washers, 998 & 1098 With 1.75 Mains, .005"	ST	$14.50
VPW81-S.....	Thrust Washers, 998 & 1098 With 1.75 Mains, Standard	ST	$13.90

Part Number	Description	Pkg'd	Price US $
VPC956......	Cam Bearings, 998, 1098 & Mini Cooper S	ST	$41.46
VPC989......	Cam Bearings, Solid Wall 1275 including A-Plus	ST	$45.50

Part Number	Description	Pkg'd	Price US $
VP96004.....	Small End Bushing Set, 998/1098 Series, 5-8" ID	ST	$24.89

A Series Engine Bearings