[Davisca455]

Not an opinion, but an observation/question.
In an earlier post in this thread, it seemed like it was stated that the bearing tang was only for installation purposes?
Not sure if that is what was meant, so it generated the next question.
I get that they have to be installed correctly, and that tang to slot helps us do this, but when I looked at the rods, caps and bearing/tangs as an assembly, it looked to me that tangs serve more purpose than just installation of the bearing?
It looks like they are the only location feature to limit lateral movement along the axis of rotation, and the tang also seems to be the only feature that would prevent rotation of the two shells once the connecting rod/cap are assembled?
Or is there some other more subtle thing going on that I don't yet understand?