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Brian King · 01-04-2017, 07:46 PM

Looking for some advice. I had a knock that appeared to be from the #1 rod bearing. I pulled the cap and plasti-gauged it and it read approx. .002-.0025. I pulled one shim from each side of the cap, put some assembly lube on the bearing and re-torqued to 35 lbs. and the plasti-gauge read .001-.0015. Perfect (or so I thought). With the plugs out of it I went to turn it over and it is so tight that there is no way mortal man could crank it to start. I loosened the #1 cap nuts a turn or so and it is back to turning over like normal.
Help!

01-04-2017, 07:46 PM	#1
Brian King Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Napa, CA Posts: 95	rod shim issue Looking for some advice. I had a knock that appeared to be from the #1 rod bearing. I pulled the cap and plasti-gauged it and it read approx. .002-.0025. I pulled one shim from each side of the cap, put some assembly lube on the bearing and re-torqued to 35 lbs. and the plasti-gauge read .001-.0015. Perfect (or so I thought). With the plugs out of it I went to turn it over and it is so tight that there is no way mortal man could crank it to start. I loosened the #1 cap nuts a turn or so and it is back to turning over like normal. Help!