Chris' Coupe Build #566 - Rear Camera. EPBs. Hatch floor.

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Chris - I just installed my pilot bearing today and although mine is an M-7600-C, it also protrudes a bit. I am sure it is seated against the end of the crank but to be sure I called Ford Performance. Apparently the newer style pilot bearings (M-7600 A,B and C) are all a stepped design to prevent over driving during install. It is normal for the bearing surface to be proud of the end of the crank. I tried to measure mine with digital calipers and came up with 3/32nds, so close to what you found.

Ah, good to know. Thanks for the confirmation. If you would have said yours sits flush, that would have been a head-scratcher. One thing I forgot to do is put the bearing in the freezer before install. Should have done that with the pressure plate locating pins as well. Oh, well, they're in now and hope I don't have to remove them anytime soon.

Nice work Chris! I'm glad the dial indicator worked out for you. I definitely hear you on the "analysis paralysis" part. I can't tell you how many times I watched 10 hours of YT videos before doing a 1 hour task.

Thanks, John. Sounds like I'm in good company! My fear is jumping into a task like, "Ready. Fire. Aim!". I can hear it now, the fly on my garage wall giving play-by-play commentary as he watches me prep to start the bell indexing task: "Ready. Aim...Aim...Aim...Aim...Aim...Aim...Aim...Fire!".

Chris - I thought you would appreciate this. The inside of my Quicktime box looked like a hardware yardsale:

Quicktime Box.jpg

Oh, my! Funny, not funny! I hope you got the right fasteners? To be honest, it almost looked like my box had been opened prior to me. However, the fasteners were at least in a sealed plastic bag.

The guy at the end of the Quicktime assembly line just tosses in a handful from the odds-and-ends jar before closing up the box

Btw, I heard Quicktime is hiring in the their QC department

Too funny, Jim!