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      04-21-2026, 08:15 AM   #87
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Originally Posted by Chrisyphus View Post

It all boils down to two things: insufficient oil flow overall, and far too tight of clearances overall, but especially in the #1 main because the #1 main bearing grows by ~ .0004" when the harmonic balancer bolts are torqued to spec, and unlike the S62, BMW did not build in any addtional clearance from the factory to account for this.
This is the gold right here. I was going to ask why the main bearing 1 was always failing, thank you for the logical explanation.

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