how do you plastiguage
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Re: how do you plastiguage (hondaeg8)
theres gotta be pics somewhere on the net, and if i wasnt on this shitty phoneline right now i would get you a link.
What you do take a small piece of the plastigauge, and put in on all of the bearing surfaces, then you torque down the bolts to spec.
Then the fun part... you get to take it alll back apart and find your little pieces of plastigauge. If your doing it the lazy way u just look at the piece of plastigauge and compare it to the sizes on the package it came in to make sure your clearances are within spec.
Good luck, try a google search u gotta come up with some pics somewhere. Its very important that u plastigauge to check all your clearances.
What you do take a small piece of the plastigauge, and put in on all of the bearing surfaces, then you torque down the bolts to spec.
Then the fun part... you get to take it alll back apart and find your little pieces of plastigauge. If your doing it the lazy way u just look at the piece of plastigauge and compare it to the sizes on the package it came in to make sure your clearances are within spec.
Good luck, try a google search u gotta come up with some pics somewhere. Its very important that u plastigauge to check all your clearances.
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Re: how do you plastiguage (NJIN BUILDR)
just another thought about the plastigauging and the c-speed how to. You can see that he touched teh bearings with his bare hands. I think i ended up doing the same thing, but alot of people will say that you should always use plastic or rubber gloves, and make sure that you do this all in a clean environment.
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Re: how do you plastiguage (Used2beAb16)
is it easy to get the clearances wrong uses a non-grounded down crank and using std bearings?
or would it be easier to get the clearances off using a grounded down crank with over sized bearings?
or would it be easier to get the clearances off using a grounded down crank with over sized bearings?
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Re: how do you plastiguage (hondaeg8)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hondaeg8 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is it easy to get the clearances wrong uses a non-grounded down crank and using std bearings?
or would it be easier to get the clearances off using a grounded down crank with over sized bearings?</TD></TR></TABLE>
I cant properly answer your question because i dont understand what u mean.
IF you think that the clearances are off, or if you are ever installing a block gaurd or girdle, you should have your mains line bored. This doent effect the crank, because the will trim off the caps, making eye shapes instead of perfect circles, then re-bore out to spec, and then the bearings called for on block code can be used.
or would it be easier to get the clearances off using a grounded down crank with over sized bearings?</TD></TR></TABLE>
I cant properly answer your question because i dont understand what u mean.
IF you think that the clearances are off, or if you are ever installing a block gaurd or girdle, you should have your mains line bored. This doent effect the crank, because the will trim off the caps, making eye shapes instead of perfect circles, then re-bore out to spec, and then the bearings called for on block code can be used.
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