Thanks!!, I'm trying to make sure I do everything right.

 

John,
just checked a new set of pauter rods and they have the same shiny spot you have on yours
so it's not hitting,it's the spot made when they final hone them,

when they hit the block they hit much lower on the rod (toward the big end)

 

I'll have to check mine when they arrive for honing ding. , so I should be fine with a 1/4 inch then?

 

you need 1/16" (0.0625") of clearance
if you have 1/4" you grinded way to omuch out of the bottom of the cylinders

 

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If im not mistaken i think mine was about a 1/4 inch and i have no issues.
As long as the Journals are not touched your OK lmao.gif cool.gif

 

i never came acrosa bloc wich gave 14" of clearance without machine work...
Pauter ask for 1/16" of clearance wich is the norm when using aftermarket stuff
removing to omuch material from the lower part of the cylinder can make you break in the water jackets
and if you make the notch too long and high wil leave a nice spot in the piston itself after running a while

 

Pauter is having my rods rifle drilled,so I should have em in about 2 weeks fing02.gif .

 

You mean 1/4" not 14" of clearence right? lol

Mine have about 1/4" of clearence on my Beta2 block so I'm good to go!!

John did you ever plastigague your rod bearing journals? Maybe you have too much clearence and that is the cause of your spun bearing?

 

yeah it's a typo
1/4" of clearance should have been writen
but anyway
1/16" is safe enough,no need to over grind the lower part of the cylinders