hello, i got a crank from a good machine shop that mic'd the crank and said it is still std. but to use .001 bearings on it. i think that is just for the rods. so i did and put it in my other block. it has been a good while,over a year since i turned the motor by hand. i do not remember if i could or not without using a wrench. now i got a different motor that i decided to change the crank and bearings on. so i took the crank out of the old block along with the good never used bearings. i put them in this new block and now i can only turn the crank with a wrench.(remember that i can not remember if i used a wrench or not but i think i did.) i torqued the rods to 40 but i have an old torque wrench that only has a pointer on it and i think it is bad now since i snapped a rod stud with less than 40 psi as the wrench said. i am using lube. i plastigauged the bearings again as i did when i put the .001 bearings on with the crank in the old block and it was the same as what i got before. .015 is what it came out to be for rod bearing clearance and i was told this was an acceptable clearance. i did take the rod bearing out and look at them again and no wear, so i am thinking i just need a better torque wrench. i was thinking this is just going to be a tight clearance motor and may need thin oil for a while or something. can anybody help me out here. thanks. the new shortblock i have turned by hand but it also had some moderate wear on the main and rod bearings. i did nothing else but change bearings and crank.