arc billet sidecover

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Anyone running the arc billet sidecover,i was wondering about the bearings, it came with two for the sidecover,seems to be a tight fit where they go into the sidecover,it comes with three bolts that hold the bearings in place on the sidecover,my question is the crank seems to be 1 inch and the bearing id is 998 ,two thousands smaller difference on the bearing id,it seems to me you don't want to press that onto the crank like the stock one did because if you did ,you wouldn't get it apart,it seems to me you would want the bearings to slide onto the crank so you could get it apart and shim it for end play also,whats the deal with this anyone know,i know the stock sidecover the bearing slides into the cover but this this one the bearing get held in place by these three bolts,so that would mean the crank just slides through the bearing,do i take some out of the crank or the inside of the bearing two thousands ,anyone know whats going on here. need some help? oh i forgot to mention it's a 5hp flathead dual bearing block.
 
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You need to clearance the crank so that the bearing is a slip fit. I put bearing side covers on all of my bushing engines. Every single one of them need the crank clearanced. Good luck.
 
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re side cover

ok just got through talking with hunter over at arc and he said the same thing,clearance the crank,he said because of varying bearing production clearances today being briggs or china bearings they are not dead on as far as the id is concerned so it's a sand and polish the crank afair now to get the right clearances,i had a feeling about those china bearings not being correct to start with,maybe they will learn to use a tape measure one day,not holding my breath on that one.oh and thanks badtec for your help ,very cool of you for getting back on this question.
 
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side cover

The only thing i would like to add to this is, that cover really should come with some kind of instructions ,would have saved alot of time having to call them on this,maybe they will see this post.
 
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