Rzeppa
Rising Sun Member
Ha! I had forgotten about that thread.
should the bearing cap just slide off when I remove the bolts? I'm having problems removing the rod bearing cap (seems stuck) ??? I'm doing this by myself so cant see what is going on when I hand crank it. I removed the plugs and can hand turn the crankshaft. Is there a trick to getting the bearing cap off? Engine is still in the 40...Shoot! You might as well pull the bearing cap and show us. Have to see how bad the crank scoring is. The gasket is no big deal to scrape off.
Thanks. I'll try that tomorrowdon't turn it over with the cap bolts removed, take a brass drift and tap the ends of the bolts to break the tension of the oil on the crank.
There were some superficial scratches on the crank wear cylinder for attached and the bearing went bad but I measured it and it appeared to be the right size I also checked it with plastigauge and it was in tolerance. I did hit it with some high grit emery cloth but I don't think that really did anythingYou didn’t need to do anything to the crankshaft?
You didn’t need to do anything to the crankshaft?