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Re:Plastigage and the bottom end

To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re:Plastigage and the bottom end
From: Bschwartz@encad.com (Barry Schwartz)
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 07:18:46 -0800
> The plastigage, I thought, was on final assembly, to insure I had the
> proper gap between he new bearings and the crank.  Am I missing something
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Nope, you are 100% correct.  Plastic gage is used to insure correct bearing
clearences - checking with a micrometer (or a very good set of digital
calipers) is the way to check for taper, out of round, and/or journal size.

Barry Schwartz
Bschwartz@encad.com (work)
Bschwart@pacbell.net (home)
(San Diego)
70' Spitfire (under-going major surgery) ,  72'-V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
70'GT6+    


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