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Re: Thrust Washers?

To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Thrust Washers?
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 14:17:32 -0400
I measured my crankshaft endplay with a dial indicator,
and I got .012".  (The spec is .004 to .008")  Does
anybody know how much play you have to get before there
is a risk of the thrust washer falling out?

Doug Braun
'72 Spit

At 12:42 PM 5/16/00 -0400, Tburke4@aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 05/16/2000 9:25:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
>alemen@pop.ftconnect.com writes:
>
>Alan,
>
>Pulling on the crank pulley (or operating the clutch while someone watches 
>the pulley, not running) will reveal some forward movement. Mine moved 
>forward enough to produce an audible "click". According to the machinist, 
>that's a sign of a worn TW. A tight engine should move hardly at all. They 
>can wear enough to drop into the sump which means very bad things for the 
>crank and the block as they contact each other.


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