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Bearings - how tight should they be?

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Subject: Bearings - how tight should they be?
From: Guy Weller <GuyWeller@compuserve.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 14:44:37 -0500
Reply-to: Guy Weller <GuyWeller@compuserve.com>
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OK, I've got my re-bored 1275 block and reground (-0.010) crank back from
the engineer's shop.
Assembled crank into block, without the pistons as yet, so I am only
dealing with 3 main bearings.
The crank is tight.  Not so tight that I can't move it, but it certainly
dosn't "spin" Should it ?
I can just rotate it by hand  -- two hands that is, but it takes a lot of
force.
It turns smoothly with a bar as a lever between the flywheel/ crank bolts. 
No high spots, but just stiff.
Does that sound right to those who have done this job before, or should I
scrape the bearing shells?

Guy

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