This will be a new thread under this topic. Chose not to go in "Main Bearing Shimming" topic because of the unique method used there. Nothing unique here.
I was hoping everything would go smoothly and I wouldn't need help with shimming, which I've done several times.
Given that I wanted 0.001"-0.0015" float, I guess I miscalculated my shim stack, because I now seem to have zero float. The crank is not completely free-wheeling, but it's not bound-up either. I wanted a way to exprees the feel of turning the crank, so I tested it by mildly sqeezing the flywheel between the spread ring and pinky fingers of my weak hand. No problem turning whle using very little sqeezing force. Do I have an issue here or accidental perfection? I don't like to think of wear as a solution if it is, indeed, an issue. Maybe the smear of sealer between the crankcase halves should be thicker than usual.
I reeealy don't want to pull the bearing to adjust the stack. After a small debacle, it went on nice and tight. "Debacle," what debacle? Froze the crank and baked the bearing. That worked all too well, as there was enough clearance to allow the bearing to go on the shaft at an angle, THEN shink to the interference fit. Out comes the home made Frankenstein puller.
Richard L.