Don Stauffer in Minnesota wrote:

He said he does not check clearances on new bearings when using new
cranks, or even when he has turned a crank himself and measures
journals. He says bearings, and new cranks, are the nominal size the
mfg says they are, to a perfectly adequate precision, not like years
ago.


Trust but verify. All it takes is a bit of crud under the bearing shell to ruin your day.

Wes