Posted by rickyracer (IP: 209.178.158.93) on March 23, 2000 at 23:08:10:
In Reply to: Ongoing 302 rebuild... posted by Brian on March 22, 2000 at 08:50:47:
:bearing shells make up for the machined off metal from the crank, that's why they have to be matched to the crank machine work. Align hone main bearing saddles.
Seems I've been at this now for six months, but, only since January. I finally had time to finish tearing down my 302 last night. Previous owner said the lower end was rebuilt, now 30k miles ago. Somehow I doubt this. After inspecting the main and rod bearings, only three bearing halves did not have uneven wear or show copper. This is really not a big deal as I have a complete .020 crank kit for the engine. However, someone threw a monkey wrench in earlier this week. A co-worker said that I would have to get new main caps because the crank in the kit had been turned. Is this true? I thought that the difference in was made up in bearing size/thickness. This is my first rebuild and this bit of info confused me. Any help is, as always, appreciated.
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: Thanks,
: Brian