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Old 10-07-2019, 08:56 PM   #29
Gene1949
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Default Re: 8ba rod bearing problem

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Originally Posted by 40 Deluxe View Post
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.
Precisely my point (distant past), customer request or "saving some wear on his grinding wheels" is a patch job.

Eyeballing a "polish" on a crank without measuring it is not something a reputable shop would do.
I doubt if the crank even had a bath after the polish.
The owner himself picked up on the original patch job (grind) AND egg shaping the journal, who knows.
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