Originally Posted by
asw7576
The crankshaft tip is too short.
Perhaps because you use long version collet ? .... There are two types of collet, short for 1/10 , and long for 1/8. Check your collet for length .
Perhaps because you use thicker shim before the collet on the crankshaft ? ...... 1mm thick shim installed before the collet will reduce the crankshaft tip become shorter by 1mm , therefore you have this binding problem.
The thrust bearing stopper from mugen seiki is longer than xray.
That would be the case if he couldn't get the .5mm gap but he says he does have it set to .5 gap so this is not the problem. The problem comes when he tries to remove the endplay.