carnuts94 said

I was tought decades ago that the bearing tab is not just for "locating" the bearing, but is an "anti-spin" tab to help keep the bearing from "spinning". Could the reason be that the manufacturer punched the "anti-spin" tab incorrectly on thousands of bearing sets, and decided to bevel the corners and sell them, instead of scrapping all of them.
Also, if memory serves me correctly(which it doesn't always do), aren't the "anti spin" tabs supposed to be on opposing sides of the rod, so that both tabs align with the rotation of the crank, to keep both bearing halves from spinning?

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