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Originally Posted by lDejavul

So the TSP trunnion "replaces OEM needle bearings with captive bearing design" is just a needle bearing pressed into a sleeve or something and those are not as good as the CHE sleeves I assume?

Just added to the sheet. For $70 I might as well be sure.

The captive bearing design may keep the bearings in place in the event of a failure but it doesn’t really address the wear issue that leads up to failure. The problem with bearings in a lifter, is that bearings are typically designed to distribute and share loads. No single bearing is supposed to take all the abuse, which is exactly what happens in the rocker. The bearing doesn’t spin as bearings are really intended to, so eventually the bearings getting smacked the hardest wear faster, and unevenly. Eventually it’ll just fail. The OE’s can end up running through your engine. You can imagine what a needle bearing would do floating around in the heads or rotating assembly lol. You don’t have this issue with a bushing design. There are other pros/cons but for a street build non-track car, the CHE’s weren’t that pricey.