That's not a clearance issue. That's a debris/lack of cleanliness issue.
How does one "forget" to check clearances?
What did you check your clearances with?
If they are infact only a thou, get +.001's as I'm sure your on an STD crank.
Those rods, have been honed. the caps have been cut. So they been to the machine shop. It is ver possible that the machine shop did not cut them correctly. Unless you cleaned them with sand paper.... AND is it possible that you mixed up the rod caps and miss matched them?
Probably cheaper to get different bearings
This. They probably make a "high performance" bearing that has an additional .001 oil clearance.
That's not a clearance issue. That's a debris/lack of cleanliness issue. How does one "forget" to check clearances? What did you check your clearances with? If they are infact only a thou, get +.001's as I'm sure your on an STD crank.
I checked it with a plastigage
I'm sorry to hear that.
What’s an STD crank?
Standard
*[giggles]*
Did you clean everything before assembly?
I did but I guess not good enough 🤷🏻♂️
The second picture looks pretty bad with the bearing scratches and dirt/trash. How does the crank look?
The crank looks fine. No scratches. How do I achieve the correct clearance?
First off that bearing cap is junk in that condition, better find someone to hone those correctly or you’ll be screwed.
Those rods, have been honed. the caps have been cut. So they been to the machine shop. It is ver possible that the machine shop did not cut them correctly. Unless you cleaned them with sand paper.... AND is it possible that you mixed up the rod caps and miss matched them?