How much play is acceptable?

TOOMANYTOYS

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Oct 18, 2003
I was doing my oil pan gasket today and after I took the pan off the crank and rods were still dripping. When I went to wipe them off I noticed that the rods had slight side to side movement. I was just wondering how much movement was acceptable? The bottom end appears to be stock and supposedly has 66k miles on it
 
The reason for the rod side play is so that the oil can escape. If too tight the oil flow between the bearing and crankshaft journal will be restricted.

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