| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,771 | If you can manage to shoeshine polish that slightly undersize rod journal pretty close to round, I can hone a .010 or .020 undersized reconditioned Babbit rod to fit the crankshaft size. Then you can adjust the oil clearance with shims and/or scraping the bearing to fit. 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!
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