Hey that was timing rustred! I had just went out to take another look at it, upon return checked in here and saw your reply.
On the one I mentioned before driving me nuts with green Plastigage, that was just a matter of being a perfectionist.
On this one, the "new" used rods are only wore about half as much as the originals (only a couple of the thin [.002] shims left in those vs. 6 on these where it feels right) and bind 1/4 of the way around without even putting the cap on & vice versa.
I tried it again, and both halves individually [only gravity forcing it to the crank; the other half and bolts still on the bench] bind hard before even getting to the highest point while feeling about perfect at the lowest (actually perpendicular) while bolted tight.
Now I'm back to thinking it does need to be ground. I'd sure like to hear I'm wrong, but binding that hard and not even to the highest spot yet, even shimm'ed .010 wide I'm just not sure if it'd wear in without damage first.
Either way; thanks again for keeping me from getting too paranoid over this!
This post was edited by spiffy1 at 14:57:41 01/18/09 3 times.
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