67/68/69 cuda dilemma
I cleaned the living snot out of that crank before setting it in place for the mock up. Wiped the bearings down with paper towel and MEK. before putting 30W on them to assemble and mock this thing up. I am so dejected right now its unbelievable. Brand new Mahle Clevite bearings and theres score marks on them. I can get the edge of my fingernail to catch on them. First 2 are rod bearings, second 2 are mains.
The thrust bearing had some small specks embedded in it. I cleaned the snot out of this thing before setting it. Now I'm wondering if I need to just order new bearings, or when assembly time comes just clean it all and send it bearings and all. 4th pic they are more like tiny pin pick marks that I enlarged on my phone. This just pissed me off.
I deal with bouts of depression, however I was getting pretty excited to get to where I can put this thing together. I had not felt this way about this stuff in a long while. Now I am feeling like I want to just say **** it and just tap out all over again.
I cleaned the living snot out of that crank before setting it in place for the mock up. Wiped the bearings down with paper towel and MEK. before putting 30W on them to assemble and mock this thing up. I am so dejected right now its unbelievable. Brand new Mahle Clevite bearings and theres score marks on them. I can get the edge of my fingernail to catch on them. First 2 are rod bearings, second 2 are mains.
The thrust bearing had some small specks embedded in it. I cleaned the snot out of this thing before setting it. Now I'm wondering if I need to just order new bearings, or when assembly time comes just clean it all and send it bearings and all. 4th pic they are more like tiny pin pick marks that I enlarged on my phone. This just pissed me off.
I deal with bouts of depression, however I was getting pretty excited to get to where I can put this thing together. I had not felt this way about this stuff in a long while. Now I am feeling like I want to just say **** it and just tap out all over again.