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Its a split bushing and inexpensive. The small gap should not make any issue as long as the bores are round and have the correct clearance.
But any gap should give cause to worry about the "fit" as the bushing should be in some interference and the gap is not typically that large.
Here is the rub.
You get what you pay for. The cost to rebuild these rods at places like Ollies is dirt cheap and to expect at that price, any shop to do all that is necessary is foolish. Many critical steps are not even considered. Time costs money.
As for using solid bushings, and when, there is no time not to, or to. It comes down to the quality you wish to promote and sell. These split bushings are cheap and easy to fit. Yes, as solid bushing is used when you wish to change the CCL, but there is little that can be done with a std solid bushing. Normally any change to the CCL requires a thicker wall bushing and often a different pin size.
Rebuilding rods, stock or aftermarket requires care and attention and you should not expect this when the price to rebuild the rod is as low as some production machine shops offer. I'm sure all they are doing is cutting the caps to hold the CCL lengths the same and push in a new bushing and hone it for clearance. Done.
That's probably all you get for the money. You may find the CCL's all different, the BE bores with a high level of cross hatch, they will use a course set of honing stones, so the material comes out quick etc. Not a good result for good bearing clamping.
Quality costs, so you need to decide what is important to you and shop at places accordingly.
Rolex's and Timex's.
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