Re: housing bore for main bearings on 7th series 8
Posted by Ozstatman On 2010/8/12 15:48:44
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34PackardRoadsta wrote:.......The current problem is that with the bearing caps only partially tightened down the crank will not spin. We have not tightened them all the way, but that will presumably make matters no better.......Tom
Tom,
Think you'll find that when the crank is tightened to spec that it will turn. With the caps partially tightened everything is "slightly" out of line and fully tightening the caps brings everything back into proper alignment. Wade found this out when doing his '37 Super 8, and I know it's not a babbit bearing engine like your '34. It's amazing that tightening everything up actually frees up the crankshaft so it can turn, not spin mind you.
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