Hey fellas.... I just noticed something when I went and changed the engine bearings on my Evolution 26gx After looking this over again and again and thinking to myself is this possible ? why would they do this ? I noticed that there is no stop end on the crankshaft to keep from crushing the two bearing against the front of the engine housing and the back of the crank... hence putting a serious preload on the engine bearings. What I mean is the tighter you go with the prop nut the more preload you put on the bearings and basically crushing the two together.... this seems odd.... isn't that putting why to much stress on the bearings ? I noticed this when I went and tightened the prop nut and could feel the difference in the crank rotation went from smooth spinning to a slight bind and yes the bearings are seated correctly in the block. Ok... so am I nuts here ? I have rebuilt many engines in my 30 plus years of modeling and even in the small nitro engines there is a stop to keep the two bearings from being crushed together.... am I over reacting here ? Input appreciated !

Darryl