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Shopping list for rod bearing change

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Shopping list for rod bearing change

Post by ZAR4MC » Tue May 02, 2017 6:12 am

Fishy Dave wrote: Fri Apr 28, 2017 12:38 pm My new jack lifts to 85cm, with jack stands to suit, hoping that will be high enough. :?
Its not ideal but it can be done , Mine was also done on Jack Stands...
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Shopping list for rod bearing change

Post by GuidoK » Tue May 02, 2017 8:02 am

Mangozac wrote: Tue Apr 25, 2017 11:48 pm We used plastigauge on my mate's S50B32 and it was all perfect. It's only really necessary if your bearings are showing a lot of wear and thus you're worried about wear of the crank.
It's also a control measurement that the bearings are ok and seat properly in the caps. BMW TIS suggests you do this for every pistonrod.
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Shopping list for rod bearing change

Post by Mangozac » Tue May 02, 2017 9:26 pm

GuidoK wrote: Tue May 02, 2017 8:02 am
Mangozac wrote: Tue Apr 25, 2017 11:48 pm We used plastigauge on my mate's S50B32 and it was all perfect. It's only really necessary if your bearings are showing a lot of wear and thus you're worried about wear of the crank.
It's also a control measurement that the bearings are ok and seat properly in the caps. BMW TIS suggests you do this for every pistonrod.
Ahh that's interesting and makes sense. My understanding though is that it's pretty usual for people to just plastigauge one or two bearings.
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