Re: Plastic gauge

Posted by Steve Crum on June 04, 2007 at 05:35:39 from (4.156.231.240):

In Reply to: Plastic gauge posted by MTJC on June 04, 2007 at 05:11:39:

These are a very simple test strip. the material itself is like a stick of spagetti and comes in a tear off package. Take off the rod cap you want to check and thoroughly clean the crank journal and rod bearing then wipe a very thin film of oil on the rod bearing with your finger tip. Cut off a piece of the plastigage package the length of the first test being careful not to distort the gage strip inside. Pull the piece of gage strip (about and inch long) out of the package piece you just cut off and carefully place it across the journal. put the rod cap back on and torque it to spec. Be very careful not to move or turn the crank while the gage in in place. Now remove the rod cap and you'll notice the gage media is squashed on the journal. Use the piece of the package you cut off that you notice has bars printed on it of various widths and above each one a numerical referance in thousands of an inch and or millimeters, hold the edge down to the squashed media on the crank journal and find the bar that is closest in width to the squashed media, the numerical referance number is the actual clearance between the rod bearing and the journal. Always do this test at the center of the cap and not at the sides by the bolts. And clean the media back off the journal before wrapping up.

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• Re: Plastic gauge Jerrycpp(WA) 13:19:20 06/04/07 (0)

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