Thread: Clevite bearings vs King bearings.

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i use my mic check the size of crank .check size of bore housing with bore gauge on mains /rods. i check rods with my sunnen ag-300 and my hand held sunnen bore gauge to see that they are reading the same size. when i recon the rods. i set my mic off the crank. i set my dial gauge off the mic then TQ all bearings in housing bore and check with sunnen dail gauge that reads in tenths for tapper and size and adjust from there but there is other ways just is the best way for me. this tells me where the size or where the tapper is crank. housing bore. mains/rods and size

Yep, you gotta use plasti-gauge. I'm in the process of building my 413. Just did all my clearances today. I just like to know myself that everything is checking out fine, other then building the engine, and later on having the thought in the back of your head saying, man I hope things are good.

My thoughts on that. Oh, and im using Clevite bearings. I'm sure they'll hold up fine, although king is a better made bearing. On my next build (a nice 350 for my dads truck) im gonna try king

I am happy I am doing my own engine now with the help of an old timer. He told me the rod bearings were to tight after only three passes on them. How ever he had me run the bearing with plasti gage just to show me and to prove the point of learning. When we were done with the crank we could just about spin it by blowing on it. It feels great.

Every King bearing we recieved was measured and found to be within a 1/10 of a thousands by my other freind who is a machinist.