Before we started adjusting bearing clearances back in the dark ages, we always measured the crankshaft for taper and out-of-round. Some guys would actually file a couple of thousandths off a rod cap, rather than put one together with no shims. That was NOT a recommended practice, BTW! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
