ok, if I mic the inside of the rods without bearings, mic the journals, and caliper the bearing thickness... that would tell me the clearance and I wouldn't have to connect the rod to the crank for plasti gauge... is this correct?

I was thinking of just doing plasti gauge, but put the piston rods, and rings into the block after installing the crank. THEN plasti gauge to check clearance. is that not a good idea?


which one would you do, mic or plasti gauge?


Thanks for any help!

this has been re-worded in efforts to make some sense...


Modified by turbosi03 at 11:33 AM 8/6/2004


Modified by turbosi03 at 11:35 AM 8/6/2004

 

morning bump

 

You could build one of these to help you out.

http://m24x.zeroforum.com/zerothread?id=756

 

yep... I made one of those but not quite as nice. 10 min deal here:



it does the job, but with the crank on the holder, I need to hold the rod in place. the only way I know how to do that is to use a bench vice but I can't with the pistons on the rods... I don't want to take them off so I'm wondering if there's a safe way to do it in the block?

or any other ideas?

from this point whats the easiest way?

 

bump for re-wording the questions up top...

feedback please!