Cheepy Three-Sixty build

dirty white boy said

if the crank dont spin easy still dont mean block needs line bored, could be a bent crank!! sposed to check line bore with a straight edge and feeler gauge's with caps torqued down, if it ant right,right it!! plasta gauge is ol skool,.dail bore calipers!!!

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This is true but easily verified by putting a dial indicator on the #3 main journal and turning the crank. @Cudafever--if your crank truly needed 100 ft/lbs to turn I would want to know why. I would suspect a MAJOR problem like .010" bearings on a standard journal or worse--cracked main bolt holes allowing the bore to distort irreparably I might add. I use Plasti-gauge in a pinch but I have seen it tell me clearances are tight when they're not and tell me clearances are loose when they aren't. When direct measurements aren't available feel becomes VERY valuable. I don't really want to convolute this thread but this may become relevant when I lay the crank in and possibly encounter a problem. J.Rob