New bearings or not?

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Aug 15, 2013 | 07:39 PM

badazzt/a

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New bearings or not?

Well just picked up a 5.3 l33 short block with around a 100k on it just wondering whether I should go ahead and just put new bearing and rings in the motor since it would be easy to do now and be a worry out of my mind

Aug 15, 2013 | 07:42 PM

Gunslinger09

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Sure why not. Not really necessary but it will be fresh. Have the heads freshens while you are at it.

Aug 15, 2013 | 08:25 PM

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Clevite H all the way.

Aug 20, 2013 | 01:33 PM

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Whats a good gap (plastigauge) when doing this. I'm thinking about doing the same with the lm7 I picked up. similar miles.

Aug 20, 2013 | 01:46 PM

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Whats a good gap (plastigauge) when doing this. I'm thinking about doing the same with the lm7 I picked up. similar miles.

I would go with what the bearing manufacturer recommends.

Aug 20, 2013 | 02:26 PM

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I am going down this same path...

I assume any of the bolts that are taken off of the rods / mains car re-useable and nothing to really watch out for other than proper torque sequence after replacing bearings?

I will probably not take the pistons out of their bore, just new bearings and go.

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