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Jeff, You have a Scat crankshaft don’t you ? Those pesky counter weights. Mark that shortened bolt with a stamp or punch mark for next time the dip tray comes off. By the way I enjoyed seeing the pictures of your trip this September.

That’s a quick fix. I couldn’t hear the knocking sound but I’ll take your word for it. It probably would have worn the end of the bolt off but you cured it!

You have a Scat crankshaft don’t you?

Yep. The horseshoe got ground, but the cap screw didn't. There was no contact until I tightened all the cap screws.

Steve

When I put my '15 engine together, the center of the rear horseshoe plate interfered with the SCAT crank, and the foreword edge had to be ground off, as you know. What I did not like, was how thin the front edge of the threaded hole had become, to get the clearance for the counterweight. it concerned me, I worried about the bolt not holding as it should. So, I cut off a full threaded bolt, and screwed it into that hole, and welded it into the horseshoe plate, and dressed the weld. Yes, you can remove or install the horseshoe plate with the pan on the engine with a the single stud installed in the plate. I used a flat washer and split lock washer under the nut on the stud after I installed the inspection pan. Now, I have no fear of the bolt loosing, or falling out, due to the reduced amount of thread in the horseshoe plate. And, it does not leak oil from that spot.

In case you are wondering what that big rectangular piece of metal is, next to the dip well, it is a powerful rare earth magnet that I stuck on the outside of the inspection pan to collect any metal filings, and stick them to the inside of the inspection pan at next to each of the dipper wells. This works. I have pulled the pan twice since the engine rebuild, and cleaned the paste of filings out of the inside where they collected.