Thread: OM617 main bearing crank condition - 2nd, 3rd, 4th... opinion required
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Old 10-12-2010, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Diesel911 View Post
Where I used to work we cleaned up Detroit Diesel Crankshaft bearing areas with Emery Paper and lastly with 500 or 600 Corocas Cloth (not sure or the real spelling or real name).

The Corocas Cloth does not have a raised grit like even 1200 emery paper does...

I too have come across crocus cloth in the past before - here is a link for it:-

http://www.3m.com/product/information/Crocus-Cloth.html
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