Endplay on newly rebuilt ‘71 case

[67 Sunroof]

.004 or .005?
Setting it today and googled and got all kinds of answers.
1776 dual port. New crank, flywheel, bearings, etc. rods not installed. Distributor drive gear not installed. Pulley not installed.
Case tightened down to spec with internals

Check out my procedure:
Using a Dial gauge on the flywheel.
Torque flywheel to 200ft lbs
Measure endplay
Find a 3 shim stack (unoiled) that measures the endplay minus .005
Reinstall
Remeasure endplay

Sound about right?
Here is what I am at now. Between .004 and .005.
Is this fine? First try on the shim stack I selected!! Good luck? Maybe I should play the lottery?

[jsturtlebuggy]

Factory spec for endplay is .0027-.0051" on a stock engine, with a wear limit of .006"
With a high performance engine setting to the high side of clearance more common to allow for higher temp some experience.
Torque spec for gland nut minimum of 217 ft lbs. I torque stock gland nuts to 250 ft lbs and chromoly ones to more.
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[67 Sunroof]

I torqued the berg nut to 230ft/lbs according to my torque meister tool. That thing is a fantastic little tool!!!
(Set torque wrench to 25ft/lbs)

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[67 Sunroof]

230 is plenty for setting endplay right???? It’s going to be more like 400 once I finalize assembly.

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[chrisflstf]

Has anyone actually measured any difference in end play with the nut torqued to 50, 100, or 250 ft lb?

[67 Sunroof]

Not to question your ability Roy as I very much respect your comments and very much APPRECIATE the help and time you give to help us here on the forum...
But it don’t feel the endplay will change between 230ft/lbs and 250ft/lbs as the flywheel is already seated on the crank and dowel pins right?
Anything over that point you are just stretching the threads on your gland nut or crankshaft or both right?
What changes between 250ft/lbs and 400ft/lbs should be the real question!!??

[ach60]

[67 Sunroof]

Annnnnnd that means what?

[RWK]

Torque applied to assembly shouldn't matter in theory, the gap between the crank and flywheel is fixed when it is assembled properly, period! if it changes during tightening, something is wrong, factory did it the measurement way and shimmed accordingly based on the gap less main bearing thickness, and I believe that the crank,bearing ,shims and flywheel were assembled before, and dropped into split case. The reason we do it on rebuilds is nothing is perfect on a used engine and the torque helps seat bearing and hopefully make it more consistent, squish bearing, allow for bent dowels,dirt,crank to flywheel seat not parallel, ect. IMHO 100-125 flbs or so should be enough to check, I would check it a couple times (R&R) to ensure you get the same readings, mounting in the same position of course.
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