[Shotimes] rod bearings

[Kerry Kinion]

>>In your case, I would probably Plastigauge them all, since you can
actually hear them knocking - something I didn't.  I would have checked
the tolerances on all of them if I wasn't running short on time.<<

Time (when it comes to the car), I have - kind'of! (wife gets a little
testy) Want to do things right!

Money is the bigger issue, as I know I need new brakes too! - I'll be
hammering you guys with that one later.

Jacking the thing up tomorrow to start the teardown - I'll probably ask
100 more stupid questions before I'm done, but I really do appreciate
all your guy's input!

Talk to you SOON, I'm sure!!

Kerry ('93 MTX, 111k, fresh 60k+, bad rod bearings!)  No cool mods yet -
but still hope to.

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Salaets [mailto:jsalaets@msn.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 11:57 PM
To: Kerry Kinion; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] rod bearings

> Are non standard bearings not available?  I only had a short
> conversation w/my local NAPA dealer, but she seemed to think I could
get
> the non-standard sizes if needed.

Yeah, the non-standard sizes are available last time I checked when I
ordered my standard size rod bearings.  When I went to do mine, Napa was
out
of stock and said they couldn't get any in for about a month.  I had to
hunt
all around Portland to find some at a place that didn't want to charge
me a
ton for them.

> Sorry for all the stupid questions - but being as anal as I am, I like
> to know everything I can before I start wrenching!

Don't worry about it.  I and many others on the list are the same way
when
we attempt to do something for the first time on our SHOs.  They are our
babies, and we want to make sure we don't do anything to screw them up!

BTW, after Plastigauging the first journal and finding it was right in
spec,
I didn't bother on the other ones since it is kind of a PITA and I was
running out of time.  Obviously everything is okay, since I took the car
out
to PIR right after finishing the job and raced it all day.  15,000 miles
and
no problems.  Even the oil analyses I've sent in look excellent!

In your case, I would probably Plastigauge them all, since you can
actually
hear them knocking - something I didn't.  I would have checked the
tolerances on all of them if I wasn't running short on time.

Josh Salaets
95 SHO MTX (See it at: www.cardomain.com/id/sh0gun)
85 Omni GLH-T (Yeah, it's fast)
NWSHOC Member
Aloha (Portland), OR