Thrust Bearing- Abnormal Wear
To answer a few questions:
The 69 Dart is a 4 speed. I've only had the car for a year so I can't say what happened before that. It had a broken transmission mount (maybe caused by a big block fork instead of the small block fork) and really bad clutch chatter.
The 340 does not have screw in ARP studs.
I will have the thrust surfaces of the crank checked by a machine shop.
Thanks for all the advice.