[wbnapier]

I read that the bearing tang was slightly off. Is it possible the factory.manufacturing source had the bearings flipped and drilled the oiling hole in the wrong bearing half thus positioning the tang in the wrong place and pushing the bearing in the direction of the crank radius rather than away from it? Just thinking here knowing how quality control can be - especially if outsourced from overseas.[/QUOTE]

I am hoping that the Clevite rep takes an interest and answers these questions.

For the record, I have no illusion of financial relief at this point. Just intellectual curiosity.