> I think that the lay-out dye you are thinking of has a paint brush
> integrated into the lid. You brush it on a piece of metal, let it dry
> and then scribe layout lines on the surface.
precisely what I was thinking Jamie.
> I've fitted quite a few crank cotters (probably hundreds) with good
> results but I never considered using High-Spot to evaluate the fit up.
> Maybe I'm missing something, but I would imagine that it is hard to get
> a good reading.
it seems counterproductive actually. it would not wear but smear. What DAle was indicating in his posting is seeing where the contact point of the pin and crankshaft, much as my dentist uses carbon paper to indicate
tooth alignment in a chew. one can use layout dye (or engineers blue or
bluing solution as it was called in a machine shop i worked) perfectly well for this, though i propose that magic marker as DAle originally indicated was perfect. never used the pasty stuff, but have not done much metal scraping...someday maybe.
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