OK... no pinning thrusts then. I decided to take some of my extra, thicker thrusts and find the one closest to "too tight" and sand down the back (steel) side on a surface plate using wet/dry paper. It's a lot easier to do then set up a proper fixture on my mill. I took about 1.5 thou off the back of one and got the endfloat down to 0.004"
I dry-fit the rods today and all have big end clearances very close to. 0.0015" I am pleased. Schedule permitting, I will pull the crank one last time and give it a last cleaning and lube (I only cleaned the journals so far). I'll check the cam endfloat a little later on and hopefully start the real assembly work late tomorrow or Monday.
Doug L.
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: I obviously meant "allen" head
: internal hex... and the spec in the
: Autobooks manual is 9.
: 09.
: Niner.
: or a good snug with a 3/8 drive
: speed-handle...
: I don't pin the thrusts on a stock
: engine. My contention is that it
: doesn't prevent the washers from
: wearing. Clapped-out stiff clutch
: covers and riding the clutch are the
: causes.
: I do have a method to fab a full-circle
: oil-fed bronze washer conversion, and
: the jigs to do it, but I have only done
: a couple, it's machine labor intensive
: ie much $$$!
: Glen
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