Originally Posted by Truckrolet
So then was the dowel not in the hole and caused the issue?

There was no hole for the dowel to fit- - - - -we had to make our own. The block was machined for the later type bearings, without dowels on the top. There was a mismatch between the bearings we had, and the ones we needed, with about a week ordering time for the correct bearings. Easier to make the block fit the bearings we had ordered!
Jerry

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