Crank Thrusting Foreward Issues

You can see about a .100" gap or more between the crank and the thrust bearing in the main web..... it would be one heckuv an oversize!
Yes but how much of that .100 thou came off of a soft bearing and how much came of a much harder crank?

It could be as simple as a faulty or flawed manufactured bearing, to a toast crank.....I would make sure before i threw a perfectly good crank in the scrap........