Quote Originally Posted by jerry clayton View Post
the pattern on the bearings probably wasn't a result of the oil pump valve--I quite often find on engines during disassembly the upper and lower bearings mixed up---if the bearing is reversed ( upper on the bottom) the edge will/can contact the radius screwing up the side clearance and hamper the flow across the bearing-

can you do a pic of the back sides of bearings??
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