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technerd
With the new installer I' go ahead and finish installing it. That way the cranks case is sealed up and the odds of any chips getting in are extremely remote.
Anything more than one bolt diameter worth of thread depth is basically wasted. Consider the height of nearly any nut that you would screw onto that bolt in any other, through-bolted application. It's total thread depth will be slightly less than one bolt diameter.
Anything more than one bolt diameter worth of thread depth is basically wasted. Consider the height of nearly any nut that you would screw onto that bolt in any other, through-bolted application. It's total thread depth will be slightly less than one bolt diameter.