How was the fit of the mag side crank in the bearing?

Tight. In fact when it was all together there was no play what-so-ever on either side. If it wasn't for the howling noise of the bearings you would have never known there was an issue. Even the bearings had no movement. This engine was dry everywhere. Not a drop of oil in the crank cavity, bearings or the engine cases. None! I didn't even see much sealant if any in some area's of the center cases. Usually there stuck together pretty good. this one wasn't. 

There was also 2 shims on the mag side and 1 shim on the pump side but the crank rotated freely. Never seen 2 shims on a mag side before. Will have to do some measurement when it goes back together and see what's going on. Have not measured the shim sizes or the crank width yet.

I know this bike was restored as a show bike. He may have just slapped the engine together just to look good. There was shims out of place, wrong circlips and things loose everywhere along with the bad teeth on the gears and gouges on the clutch basket. Never seen anything like it. But I'm not surprised either.

It will be an interesting build for sure. looking forward to it.

So I press the crank apart this morning to inspect. This is what i found.
All was good but the rod. So now it's getting the whole kit and kaboodal. 

I was lucky and found a NOS rod on e-bay 30 miles from me. Will be replacing the bearing, pin and washers too. 
What else is going to come up? 







 

Bummer it was bad.  But a lot better to catch it now rather than in a few months!

I have a feeling it's going to be smooth sailing the rest of the way.