thrust measuring
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hi i'm just setting the end float on the crank and fairly new to this... i've searched and i'm aiming for around 0.006mm? but i'm getting strange readings from my dial gauge
i am using a screwdriver to gently lever the crank back and fourth do i accept the max reading or the reading it settles at? i.e when i am levering the crank i can get the needle to swing however when i release pressure it settles back?
i have sanded the backs of the thrusts to clean off the high spots from the size stamping (fine wet and dry coated in wd on a flat surface) could this problem be the oil that i've used while assembling the engine or am i missing something?
thanks lee

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[quote=fab,8th Oct, 2010]fuck off

do you mean .06mm?

.006mm is about .24 thou way too small.

other than that its sounding good, I check mine with wd 40 on the thrusts but oil or engine lube on the bearings,

I take the reading when levering, lever one way take reading, leaver the other take reading.

oooops too many 0's so i lever, remove screwdriver then take reading?

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[quote=fab,8th Oct, 2010]fuck off

Don't use a screwdriver. Use your hands only. With a screwdriver you can get sufficient leverage to make the clearence what you want.
If it says click click when you push it back and from, it's excessive.