never seen it, don't know where to stick it. Can't imagine being able to check bearing clearances when the motor is assembled.

can someone explain it, or point out some good online resources on how to use it.

 

They have two different kinds. The plastic stuff, and the lead stuff. They both work exactly the same. You take a strip of it and lay it on a bearing surface, say for example your crank bearings. Then with the piece of plastigage still on the surface, you replace the crank and the bearing caps, reinstall everthing and torque it down to spec. Then take it all apart and look at how wide the thing was squished. Compare it to a chart that is given, and that gives you the bearing clearance. This is done because its impossible to fit a feeler gauge onto a bearing surface.

 

Good info. I totally did not know that!

 

make sure the surface is clean as hell.. my $.02

 

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Bump to the tizzle for peeps who dunno.

 

Its really simple once you figure it out. Its pretty cool a little piece the thickness of dental floss will tell you so much. you just have to have an eye for matching up the thickness when your done.