Goofy Thrust Bearing Gaps

I’ll try and answer everyone’s questions in a single post.

Overall endplay is the smallest value of .005, sorry for the confusion.

No I didn’t initially dead blow fwd but I did beat it fwd the third time and no, it didn’t change the measurements. I used a medium sized crowbar to pry fwd while torquing. However, I could probably whack it harder and use a bigger lever.

Killer6, your interpretation is right. The total is .005 due to the tight side but I have larger gap on one side. With the crank upwards, I’m measuring with a feeler gauge on the left and right side of the main cap while lightly prying the crank forward. I get measurements of .007 on the right side, only on the cap. As soon as I touch the lower bearing shell in the block, it’s .005. I get 005 on the left, upper and lower bearing. Pry aft and I get a larger gap on the left than the right. I think I may just have answered my own question and the cap is just not centered properly. I’ll have to really hammer fwd and pry harder while torquing. If I still cannot get it perfect, what do we do from there???

Original thrust bearing failure cause is unknown. I think it was a torque converter ballooning or the tq simply had ultra high pressures and pushed it fwd. I didn’t check line pressure and that was my fault. The thrust was worn out on the aft part, cap side mostly. Others thought that the transmission install went wrong, but I didn’t damage the transmission pump and the engine ran 10 hrs or so before the discovery.