Originally Posted by
navigatro
there are no replacement bearings. to redesign, manufacture and certify a new bearing would take years and tens of millions - not going to happen.
Boeiing published a fix with an updated bearing design years ago. And frankly ... you could just install a new bearing of the old design. It clearly is good for 1 cycle. Short on parts? when you remove the engines in the boneyard, pull the bearing and put it on the next ship.