Thrust bearing cap offset

Marcohotrod said

Is this a manual trans vehicle? then I agree that IF the cap is taking all the thrust lets do more fine tuning . is the cap offset to the front or the rear? if it is an automatic then the crank floats, unless u have ballooned the convert. and if your cap is directly aligned to the block the clearance = .018" = wide. so maybe Chrysler machined that block perfect to get the .002-.007" as in the service man. for 340

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Good thinking on the MT; that is a few hundred pounds force there.

I am not arguing here.... just thinking out loud. The problem is that seeing the cap and block aligned when torqued is not a 100% indication of where each thrust bearing shell's side load is being supported; it all depends on how the actual bearing shells nest up against the back sides of cap and block. It is almost as if you have to try to push the shells forward individually when torqued in place. With bearing crush, I am not sure how to do that.