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Old 04-30-2007, 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by quickjack
Scott,
The sleeves are installed .002" above the deck and will seat when the deck plate is used for honing. If the builder cuts the deck beforehand to achieve a flush condition the sleeves will ultimately seat, leaving them .002 below the deck. The subsequent .002 cut simply brought things back to where they would have been.
That would explain it. I just happened to notice that the deck had been restamped 9.323 from 9.325. My current builder inherited the motor at the first freshen. Probably because I didn't ask for one, he didn't offer an explanation other than the sleeves had sunk. Thanks.
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