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Originally Posted by Stu J  During building the rv8 up from scratch today I put in the main bearings, then the crank and then started the con rods with new rings on the pistons too.
After putting in all the pistons and tightening all caps to spec torque I couldn't help but think the crank was a little hard to turn. The front pulley was put on temp just to help but it showed some tight resistance with that... is this normal?
I removed all the pistons just to see if there was any dirt etc but all seemed normal, the crank and big ends are all standard size and oiled accordingly.
I am aware resistance should be there, but this much? without heads on too. |
What you must remember is all parts with bushes have a working clearance when put together correctly
otherwise it would fail because they would be no clearance for the oil to lubricate it.
Pete.