How much play is acceptable?

[TOOMANYTOYS]

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

 

[PSID6]

.010 is a good number

 

[TOOMANYTOYS]

Good. That’s probably around what it is. Wasn’t much but there was some and that surprised me

 

[RmvBfrFlght]

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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[TOOMANYTOYS]

^^^ This is good to know. Thanls