Bottom End Check

[No Crust Racing]

Have dropped the sump to replace front and rear seals on my CA, just wondering if I should be checking anything in particular while it's off.

Assuming rod bearings would the only thing I can check without dropping the crank - which I don't plan on doing.

Any risk to removing the caps?

[89CAL]

Only real risk is not tightening them back up to spec etc or contaminating the bearing. If there is no reason to suspect a problem, its not something you need to do. But I see why you would want to check just to be sure, seen as a big end cap is only 2 bolts away. Being that its a single piece girdle main cap, its not so easy to just pull one of them.

Honestly up to you