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clinebarger · 03-26-2012, 06:22 PM

The crank will NEED to be turned .010/.010. GM hasnt used "standard" bearings in a long time. If you look at the bottem of the bearings you will find .0002, .0003, etc. etc. If they ALL say "STD" you can get by without turning the crank, But Ive never seen that be the case.

03-26-2012, 06:22 PM	#3
clinebarger Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 6,370	Re: 5.3 Rebuild... need some opinions The crank will NEED to be turned .010/.010. GM hasnt used "standard" bearings in a long time. If you look at the bottem of the bearings you will find .0002, .0003, etc. etc. If they ALL say "STD" you can get by without turning the crank, But Ive never seen that be the case.