Re: Engine rebuild, help!

Posted by moodydavid16 On 2022/12/7 21:03:39

I think this is good news. As I understand it, a bent crank should only lock up when you crank down on more than one bearing cap, everything else being alright. That says that you have bearing shells that are not compatible with how the crank is ground for those two bearings. Either the crank is not what you think it is, or the bearing shells, or both, which may be an easy fix. I had a vendor send me the wrong bearings before, they were easy to identify because it was obvious, but probably simpler to do when the issue is simply the difference between 0.001, 0.010, 0.020, etc.[/quote]
Well this seems like the most likely situation and also the easiest to fix. I am currently away from the engine right now but when I get back home I am definitely going to get a some calipers out and measure