Posted by chriscase on Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 1:41PM :
In Reply to: Connecting rod bearing clearance posted by Bran on Saturday, June 10, 2006 at 11:22PM :
After removing rod caps, stick some 2 inch pieces of that thin walled radiator overflow tubing on the studs. This will prevent the studs from scrtatching the crank journals when you pound the piston/rod out. Also use at re-assembly when popping them gizmos back in.