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[kryten]

Rawze, what you said in post 54 reminded me of this little tidbit.

Years ago I knew a guy who was leasing an old '86ish General with a Big Cam 3 or 4 from the carrier on the never never plan. After about a year the engine calved and he didn't have the money to get it done at a proper shop so he had the carriers shop do the inframe. To save the guy some money the carrier agreed to treat it kind of a "make work" project so when things were a bit slow they would do a bit of work on it. Doing it this way it took about a month to do the inframe. In addition to this the shop manager / co owner had a set of bearings left over from an inframe he planned but never got around to doing which he supplied cheap or maybe even free to save a few more dollars.

Fast forward to finished inframe the truck is taken on a short run around the block and came back to the shop knocking it's guts out after less than a mile. The cause, the "free" bearings were standard bearings but the mechanic never checked the bearing clearance properly and later discovered the crank had been turned undersize. Why is it there is never time to do things right but always time to do them over?