Checking for Run Out

Here is my dial indicator
setup to check for runout.
My son, Andrew, help me by
cranking the engine over
while I watched the needle.
It moved less than half a thou.
Good enough and better than
Wessman's specified. I was very
frustrated today when I couldn't
find one of the little dowl whole
slugs that came with the parts.
I drove all the way to my Dad's
shop (over an hour) and made
2 new ones.

Daniel Dempsey, May 2009