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Thanks Tom,,The engine will be asking you for a visit soon..
The split block simply would not stop binding when the bolts were drawn up tightly.
......I was very careful to polish the pin and ream the block to exactly the same diameter - 7/16". Jason,I think bluing the bearing would work if there was rotation but binding.