JF in MI Re: soft bearings

JF, just curious, how would Ford go about sourcing "soft" bearings from a bearing manufacturer? Would the manufacturer have special soft ones available for customers who wanted to reduce the service life of their product? Or would it be a special order? Either way it seems that a premium would have to be paid for product that is outside of the main stream of manufacturing and supply.

Looks to me like his experience did not support his
theory or assumption that the ..or many.. Ford
bearings were soft. The oil sender was the issue not
degraded bearings. See third reply in linked post.
Nothing against JF most humans are easily taken in
by hear say or use the ..what happens to one must
apply to all theory.. Here is a reply I posted on
another forum the topic was ?? oil company was
taking over providing oil for a major equipment
manufacturer. I was making a general reply the
opinion that the quality of their lubricants was going in
the dumper because that company was known for
making minimum spec products. ...the post......I
suspect Joeblo Mechanic has had some bad
experience with ?? oil at some point and now he foo-
foos it. Just like the guys I worked for right out of high
school talked up Quaker State and foo-foo’d Penzoil.
Every time an engine came in with a lot of sludge they
would immediately say “must have run Penzoil” not
“they must not have changed their oil often enough”
On here ..AgTalk.. not to long ago a guy was posting
about how to tow his later model combine out of the
field because it had a rod out and hole in the block.
He said it was the first engine they lost in a major way
in 40 years of farming. HE DID NOT say this but
suppose he chose to change the oil preseason with
some brand that saved a few bucks. Then lo and
behold the engine lets go during harvest. You can
easily see how the oil he put in could now be the
worst oil ever. Oils are way more about the spec they
meet than the name on the label, but in general brand
loyalty wins. My two cents.
YT post

I should clarify that. I was in the automotive business for 26 years and "soft" bearings may be a completely wrong way to describe them. This just seemed to be the impression I got
and I'm sure is false now that I think about it.