Lay your bit of Plastigauge onto the bearing shell or alternatively onto the crankshaft – and get it to stick as best as you can. You may want some more grease. Use enough grease to make the Plastigauge stick – so not as much as when you're greasing your front wheel bearings! LIGHTLY GREASE the two mating halves.

Try and fit the Plastigauge so that it fits in a middle position of the bearing shell.

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