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Old 10-07-2019, 10:43 AM   #23
40 Deluxe
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Default Re: 8ba rod bearing problem

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Originally Posted by Gene1949 View Post
find another machine shop. No REPUTABLE shop would grind a set of rod [journals] like that. God know what else they missed.
Wait a minute Gene. Apparently this crank was ground in the distant past when it was common to do this. Either by customer request or the crank guy wanted to save a little wear on his grinding wheels. The engine apparently ran a long time set up this way, so it was not a problem; nothing overlooked.
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