Which way do the bearing caps go? I'm working with TooTall to rebuild his 6.0. We have a problem assembling the crank and bearings. We put the crank and main bearings together, and the crank would not turn by hand. So, we then started in the middle and added the bearings one by one turning each bearing so that we could spin the crank. Some of the caps are facing one way and some are facing the other. If we put all of the caps the same direction, the crank won't turn. Please check these pictures and tell us if this way will work.

 

Cap #3 is your problem. The "ears" on caps #1-4 face the rear, while #5 faces forward.

Jason

 

Yup like jason said the caps should have all the numbers (1-5) on the same side except number 5 which will be on the other side. Hope that gets everything fixed for ya.

 

We flipped #3 around and she turns OK. Thanks for the help!

 

learn something new

 

Yep, as they said. I know its hard to tell from this pic, but this was my engine right before I took the main caps off:

 

i can take a pic of a 6.0 that the mains havent come off yet

 

No need Jason is 100% correct, 1>4 lip facing back, # 5 facing front.

 

That's how we did it. Thanks to all who posted to set us straight.