Crackership

Gotcha That's what I thought at first.. but then, I thought "maybe it means as sharp as string... what kind of string?"

Paulyy

sharp australian string

zerMATT951

Australian string won't work up here... it's twisted the wrong direction.

txhokie4life

Sharp string = garotte

I just bought $80 of crush washers -- and then first day out spun #2 bearing..... UGHH!!!!

Exhaust didn't leak though :-(

Now I'm trying to decide if I just try to reuse them -- heck I'm going to a two piece
cross over -- so i guess the down side is not that high -- just go back under and remove....
And $80 is the least of my expenses :-( x 2.

Fortunately it only took the bearing and rod with it -- no other collateral damage
but time and $$.

M

zerMATT951

Sounds familiar. I spent 6 months putting my motor back together from a blown head gasket and a total re-seal job just short of removing the pan (because the PO told me the rod bearings were fresh), only to have #2 spin 8 months later. Ugh.

The fresh bottom-end short block is in my garage as of last weekend... time to get back to work!