[cstreit]

One misplaced chip though could cost you a main bearing or worse yet a rod bearing failure... Think if the thing jams into a crank journal?!

I can't come up with any clever solutions. I suppose you could loctite/bondo/epoxy the thing in there, but I wonder how much toque you could safely get on that stud and how important the torque around the main bearing is. Would one thru-bolt under-torqued allow movement in this critical area? I dunno.

Makes me nervous though. (but then so does a double espresso)