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      09-13-2014, 06:34 AM   #445
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The fear is that after the soft stuff is sacrificed the crank is at risk and then you have a much more expensive job to pull and grind it. Hopefully that would be the next step, but there are also reports of much worse -- entire engines requiring replacement. It is a fear thing. Certainly some of these bearings show premature wear based on the rest of the respective upper or lower bearings. How comfortable are you running your engine to 8400 let alone tracking it or supercharging it if there is a possibility some of the rod bearings have premature wear? Many of us do not like potentially very expensive unknowns and try to prevent them or hedge against them.
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