That's the other way to check clearances... A little more advanced as it's more difficult to use a dial bore gauge to measure the bearings when they are torqued...
Plastic gauge is simpler for the average garage engine build...
Yeah I decided to run to Napa earlier to get some to do the rods. Mainly cause I didn’t think to do the rod journals before I torqued the crank in and I didn’t wanna take it back out lol