[Shotimes] crankshaft endplay

[Leigh Smith]

Nah; Ian I think it's much tighter than that.
Just checked the book, says 1 to 8 thou. My new motor was right in the
middle IIRC, about 4 thou.
Lee

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Fisher" <dataflash@yahoo.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 2:58 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] crankshaft endplay


> Has anyone ever measured their crankshaft end play?
> (If your response is in inches or feet, we aren't
> talking about the same thing) haha-no dirty comments
>
> anyway-I just got a crank scraper for the SHO. I will
> probably install it. I was glad to see that the
> instructions call for at least .040 clearance between
> the scraper and the crank. I think that max spec is
> somewhere around .030 for end play. I installed new
> thrust bearings and haven't measured my end play
> (probably won't either). I was wondering if anyone
> ever found end play to be grossly out of spec. I'm
> sure the scraper will be fine but at some point down
> the road when the thrust bearings wear, the potential
> does exist for the crank to contact the scraper.
> Hypothetically. I'm not too worried about it but I
> thought that I'd ask. I know that some cars come from
> the factory with scrapers and don't normally have
> issues like the one that I am thinking about.
>
> Thanks
> Ian
>
>
>
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