> 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
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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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