Questions About Timing Chain Parts

[Rob Frankham]

If it's an OEM part it will be fine. Put it in the engine, put the bike back together and ride it. it'll be fine

Rob

[gspd]

If it's an OEM part it will be fine. Put it in the engine, put the bike back together and ride it. it'll be fine

+1
Bearings, nuts and bolts, and other hard parts used in the aviation industry actually do have expiry dates, for liability reasons I suppose.
Thousands of dollars of parts are routinely destroyed. Perfectly good parts. They don't just throw them in a garbage bin. That's to prevent people like us from scavenging them and using them for other than their intended purpose.
If you only occasionally go more than a foot or two off the ground, that bearing will be fine.