Originally Posted by Valerio

I have the same engine and I found something strange when i put the flywheel. With other engines by placing the cone on the crankshaft and then tighten the flywheel, it has a bit endplay (bearing endplay). But with this engine is not true. When i pull the flywheel, it pushes the crankshaft cone and leaves not bearing endplay. For this reason I think that the bearings do not work properly and causes excessive wear. (The same occurs if the axis of a wheel put too shims)
To test, I tried to leave 1mm (excessive) clearance between the bearing of the engine and the cone, but to tighten the flywheel, the cone slips and tightens the cone against the bearing. I think this is not good.