I still drive a babbit bearing truck It works great and has run well for the 25 years I've owned it. I'ts a '43 chevy 1 1/2 ton thus my forum name chevy43. It has shims for adjusting the rod bearings but I've never touched them. It also has dippers on the rods for oiling them as all Chevys did till they got pressure oiling in '53. At 7,000 lbs it doesn't win any drag races unless you are talking about dragging logs with a chain!