dhs.com okay now that we got it out of the press the two crank case halves are together uh we haven't put the screws in yet

we're going to start putting the screws in now it's still a little warm we don't want it to completely cool yet uh because if the bearings are not 100%

seated um as we draw the bolts together that'll that'll pull everything together and that'll help seat everything okay so we're going to go ahead and start

putting in the bolts and we'll tighten the crank case everything we do when we put this engine together is going to be lock

tighted the Loctite brand or any other kind of a medium strength blue thread

Locker uh these screws are 5 lb of of torque and and you're going to do a crisscross pattern starting on the

inside and then go outside never go clockwise or counterclockwise so once we start snugging the screws if the bearings are not seated

100% as you start your crisscross pattern you may hear a little creek you may hear a little noise that's the crank cases uh

completely uh accepting the bearing and seating correctly

okay everything should be cool now uh we want to make sure everything is rotating freely there's no binding and the final

step to to make sure everything is seated completely everything is torqued everything is pressed in just one one good tap on this

side one good tap on this side between the torque the Taps this bearing is fully seated and you'll see

actually rotates a little bit nicer now after the hit