Engine Bearing Clearance

Chad E532 · 01-16-2010, 04:11 PM

I just finished tearing down my engine for a ring and bearing job. When I put it together last I needed to run a combo of a standard and .001 rod bearing to get the clearances to 0.0025. So I put the thicker bearing to the top of the rod as was recommended from a blueprinting book I was using for a reference. Now it is time for bearings and everything is measuring the same as last build so again the combo of a standard and 0.001 will be needed. My question is does it really matter if you put the thicker bearing to the top? I have a full set of the left over bearings that will give me the correct clearance but I will have to run the thinner bearing to the top.
This is on a large journal small block chev.
Thanks,
Chad

01-16-2010, 04:11 PM	#1
Chad E532 Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lindstrom MN Posts: 156 Likes: 7 Liked 54 Times in 7 Posts	Engine Bearing Clearance I just finished tearing down my engine for a ring and bearing job. When I put it together last I needed to run a combo of a standard and .001 rod bearing to get the clearances to 0.0025. So I put the thicker bearing to the top of the rod as was recommended from a blueprinting book I was using for a reference. Now it is time for bearings and everything is measuring the same as last build so again the combo of a standard and 0.001 will be needed. My question is does it really matter if you put the thicker bearing to the top? I have a full set of the left over bearings that will give me the correct clearance but I will have to run the thinner bearing to the top. This is on a large journal small block chev. Thanks, Chad