Rod bearing replacement (Update 5)

[mike kojima]

You just cant build an engine that way, you can't sand
jornals to clearance, you can't depend on the block
marking for the correct bearing once you removed
material, you are talking about the mains on an
aluminum block engine, 0.0005" is significant here.
You need to mike the crank and bore gauge the bearing
to determine the clearance, not slide things back and
forth!

I'd just start with a JDM engine and be done with it.
Otherwise turn the crank 0.010mm undersize and get all
new undersize bearings.

Mike

--- Ben Fenner <fenfam@sc.rr.com> wrote:
I installed all new bearings again. This
> time around I noticed
> three of the rods would slide left to right a
> fraction of a millimeter. I
> tried to move rod #3 and it wouldn't budge. I felt
> something was wrong, so I
> really tried hard this time to see the numbers on
> the crank. What do you
> know. It says 1-2-1-1. I remove the bearing, and
> wait for the correct sized
> bearing to come. I install it, notice it still won't
> move left to right, but
> hope for the best.