Did a bunch of measuring on the bearings and journals last night. If I want to use the Clevites, I'll need the mains turned down about .0012. The good news is they measure consistently across the board, unlike the other brands.
I have a potential shade tree mechanic question though. Out of curiosity, I picked up a set of SpeedPro 113M bearings. They're too tight on 1-4 (.018-.020), but the #5 bearing puts me at .025. Is there any reason why I couldn't, or shouldn't, use the King extra clearance bearings on 1-4 and the Speed Pro on #5?
For what it's worth, all three bearing brands I've tried measure different thicknesses +/- amateur measurer tolerances.
King: .976
Speed Pro: .0973
Clevite: .0983
For whatever reason, the Speed Pro bearings are thicker on on 1-4 at .0980. King and Clevite are consistent, with Clevite being the most consistent.
I'm wondering if the difference I saw on #5 with the King bearing (.035) is due to lack of crush or something since it's in the ballpark of the thickness of the SpeedPro and the same thickness of the others in the set. Make me wonder if my line hone was bungled.
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