i have a question regarding bearing sizes and clearances.
are clearances measured "per-side", as a total on one side, as per
silly string, or as the difference between bearing ID and journal OD.
i have a crank with 2.095 crank journals, and a bearing set, that in the
rods, measures 2.099-2.100.
the publisheed clearances in the book of rootes reads..
.001-.0025 shall be the rod bearing clearance.
there is no apparent statement of the measuring method, but i will check
in depth.
is shimming of bearings an acceptable, reliable, and safe practice???
.001 shim per side will give me a neat .001-.0015 clearance.
since my rods are not "assembly clean" i may have bumped up the size on
some grit, but 2.099-2.100 is a correct undersize according to the
catalogs and other materials
joe k
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