Thanks guys,
Last night Paul made a good point about using plastigauge on my bearings. Ionly remember this stuff from watching my father put the motor back together in our old 2002.
Why haven't I seen anything in any manual about this stuff? Like I said before, there are holes in my knoweledge...
I guess I'm just confused about the sequence of events here.
Let's just say for instance that all of my crank journals are within spec and I have the crank micropolished. Do I assemble the rods onto the crank using the old bolts with this plastigauge stuff then tear it apart and read the "spread" of the plastigauge?
Or, is the fact that I'm using standard size bearings and the fact that my journals are good ok, and just reassemble the rods with the new bolts and loctite period. same with the main bearings... can someone explain this?
Also in regards to measuring the bore of the crankshaft...am I supposed to assemble the case halves minus the crank and layshaft, torque it down with the bearings installed and then measure the the bores? I don't understand how I'm supposed to reach inside the case and take measurments from the main bearing bores.
And finally, what is the point of this layshaft clearance measurment? I'm guessing that I'm trying to check for play between the crank and layshaft gears? Is this the right idea?
Thanks again,
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Leland Pate
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