I used THIS assembly lube which is green and very sticky/tacky on my main bearings and my crank seems like it wont turn when at full torque.

If the caps are torqued at 25ftlbs,the crank is movable,just not as freely as it should.

Should i use a different assemble lube?

 

i use like $6 pep boys grafite lube. are the main caps in the right order and faceing the right way?

 

Yes sir.

 

it seems like its only ment for cams couse the thickness. i use graphite assembly lube and mix it with a little oil works fine every time

 

So i should wipe it off and try something else?

I already put it on the cam bearings but that spins freely.

 

the cam bearings arnt realy a tight fit like main bearings. in the description it says its for cams. i think you should wipe it off i used thicker lube before and had the same problem

 

I would wipe all the thick goop off and oil the crank with motor oil. Torque it all down and see if it spins free. if it will not spin free with just oil, you have problems. when you disassemble the mains, look at the bearings to see if there are any shiney spots that would indicate the bearings contacting the crank. With the block upside down, the lower halves of the bearings should show almost no evidence that they have touched the crank. If there is a mis alignment, caps on backward or wrong order, then you will likely see shiny areas on either side of the lower bearing, especially near the parting line. If the bearing are shiny all over or near the center of the bearing, I would suspect mismatched bearing and/or journal sizes. If the crank spins freely with the caps off, then it is likely not a mismatch in size, more likely an alignment problem or just too thick of a lubricant. The oil should tell the trick.

 

Yeah,even though I hate doing stuff over again,its something that has to be done.

There is no pep boys around me so I would have to try autozone and see what they have.

Thanks for the help man.

 

its not a pep boys special thing its just where i get it i see it every where i found a pic of it.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...6#ht_794wt_837

 

Im about 95% sure its the lube,but I syre will check out the bearings and try it with just oil.

Thanks.

 

Good Luck! Hope that is all it is!

 

Thats the stuff I used. Yes it got very hard to turn the engine over once everything was torqued up. Had to put the balancer on, put three bolts into it, then use a bar between any two at a time to turn it while setting my valves. I was worried the starter wouldnt have the power to turn it over that first time, but it was fine. All the oil priming I did may have washed some of it out by then though.

I did use plastigage before lubing it up, and the clearances were a little on the tight side, but not bad enough that it should have been so hard to turn. That stuff is just really sticky. Its meant to be so it doesnt run off before you're finished building the engine.

 

This is the same stuff I found at local parts store. The crank spins good now ,thanks guys!

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