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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 12:36 PM
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I have a crank from a 5.3 it needs to be turned .010 what bearings do I need oversized or undersized
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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 12:39 PM
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I understand that I removed material from the crankshaft so i need to add material to the bearing but which one has added material to tighten up the tolerance
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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 01:05 PM
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Assuming the crank started at std.... If you cut 10 off the crank buy the bearing that adds 10 (oversized) .... 20 add 20 ..ect ..ect
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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 01:51 PM
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ok thanks i am ordering bearings for my swap im in high school and our autoshop id ******* gay so i would rather get info from real world people then mu burnt out instructor lol nice elky mines going in a 81 malibu
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 02:20 PM
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You need .010 UNDERSIZE bearings, not oversize bearings.

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Yes, .010 undersized...

Oversized is for line bored housings.
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 05:28 AM
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Yup, undersized adds material to the inside of the bearing (for turning the crank) oversized thee is more material on the outside of the bearing (to fit a bigger bore)
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 06:18 AM
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If its cut 10, an example of what you need is Clevite MS2199P-10

Got them in stock if you need
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 08:39 AM
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^ buy that number he gave you...........when you buy bearings the "size" they refer to is the conditoin of the crank not the bearing and "undersize" bearing is for an Undersize crank.........usually bearing number that end in an "x" will be .001 oversize or looser.......the ones that end in a number like -1 or -10 are undersize and will tighten up the housing bore
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^^^ What Quik said...
A line bored saddle is done by cutting the caps, and reboring/honing to stock diameter, not to a larger bore.
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^^^ What Quik said...
A line bored saddle is done by cutting the caps, and reboring/honing to stock diameter, not to a larger bore.
I think tje only place you really see over size is in can bearings
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Originally Posted by Old Geezer
^^^ What Quik said...
A line bored saddle is done by cutting the caps, and reboring/honing to stock diameter, not to a larger bore.
this is wrong.

a line hone is done by cutting the caps. A line bore is simply boring the housing out to a larger, diameter to fix major problems.

if the bore is too out of round, so much will have to be removed from the caps to make it round again, it will change the crank centerline too much, causing other problems.

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I think tje only place you really see over size is in can bearings
more often than not...

but there are engines out there that will be bored for different reasons. or you will see it in cracked cap rods such as LS rods.
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Originally Posted by bww3588
this is wrong.

a line hone is done by cutting the caps. A line bore is simply boring the housing out to a larger, diameter to fix major problems.

if the bore is too out of round, so much will have to be removed from the caps to make it round again, it will change the crank centerline too much, causing other problems.



more often than not...

but there are engines out there that will be bored for different reasons. or you will see it in cracked cap rods such as LS rods.
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Originally Posted by bww3588
this is wrong.

a line hone is done by cutting the caps. A line bore is simply boring the housing out to a larger, diameter to fix major problems.

if the bore is too out of round, so much will have to be removed from the caps to make it round again, it will change the crank centerline too much, causing other problems.
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absolutlely not........the housing bore diameters should be the same from one motor to the next when line boring a motor the cap surfaces where they meet the block are machined down and the housing is re machined with the cap bolted on........bore vs hone is just the tooling difference for the different amount of material that is needed to be removed and the finish desired
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Keep telling yourself that...
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