| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,778 | New bearings should hold pressure better than that- - - - - -I'd suggest making sure they're the right size. If you've got standard-diameter bearings on a .010" undersize shaft, for instance, the pressure will drop radically as the engine warms up. Have you put any road miles on it yet? A mismatch on rod or main bearing sizes will produce some nasty knocks as soon as road load is into the mix. Jerry
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