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ryanheacox · 01-31-2020, 09:15 AM

I'm not an engine builder but I am a mechanical engineer so if Herm or anyone else with experience corrects me I will yield but 75ft-lb just to turn the crank seems like way too much. Maybe on a fully assembled fresh engine in the car with new rings but even then it seems like too much.

When I went down to check the progress on my engine, the rebuilder had fit the crank and could spin it by hand with relative ease. Snug would be the word to describe it.

01-31-2020, 09:15 AM	#12
ryanheacox Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Northwest CT Posts: 1,092	Re: Bearing fit ... engine oil gravity feed I'm not an engine builder but I am a mechanical engineer so if Herm or anyone else with experience corrects me I will yield but 75ft-lb just to turn the crank seems like way too much. Maybe on a fully assembled fresh engine in the car with new rings but even then it seems like too much. When I went down to check the progress on my engine, the rebuilder had fit the crank and could spin it by hand with relative ease. Snug would be the word to describe it.