Piston protusion

[Ben]

I was hoping that I had been a tard and forgotten to put a shell in, but I just checked and sadly I'm not a tard.

Little end bushings are fine.

Rod doesn't look bent but I will take it out tomorrow for a good check.

As for the crank being bent, I bought the engine as a good running engine, and the rods I took out of it were fine, which would suggest it wasn't bent else they would have been mullered? It's not too hard to turn it over, but does get slightly stiffer when all four pistons are in line, that normal?

I'll also check the piston lengths, as this seems most likely to me as well. It would also be very strange though because the pistons are a complete set out of the same engine, and a whole mm shorter is a lot!

Cheers for your reply, I'll report back after further investigation.