Compstar Crank and Rods?

[fast_crew]

thanks for the info. the part number was hn-1 for the bearings. and after finagling w this a few nights iv confirmed what cnc was saying about the rigid finger used for bearing measurement. back to backing w plastiguage vs solid finger the solid finger was infact about .008 larger than the plastiguage. the bearing must be too soft for the small radius on finger no matter how soft i tried to do it was always larger than the plastiguage . so i went back to half shells and used the plastiguage and set clearances. at a great .0022. so it wasn compstar it was my hard head. live and learn i guess. (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) that sunnen guage is nice but high$$ but i guess worth everypenny. put it on my xmas list.

question... whats the best way to remove a doweled rod cap installed in the motor? i dont think thw way i did it was the right way? there must be a more proffesional way?

Glad you found the real source of your excessive clearances.

Loosen the bolts about 1/2-3/4 of the way out, using proper size socket (deep or shallow with short ext.) strike the socket with palm of hand or small soft hammer. A light hit to both bolts will usually do the trick.

[andy16]

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thats how i always done it but i figured somebody on here would flip out about the tapping of the rod bolt in the threads so i didn say? the only problrm i have w that is it pulls the rod cap towards the crank till they seperate wouldn that smash the plastiguage more giving a false tighter clearance or am reading into it too much