Polishing crank journal after Rod Bearings

[acb.m3]

New member here - just picked up a '05 E46 M3 with 109k miles on it recently. Just did the rod bearings this weekend and they looked as expected except for cylinder 2 which showed some pretty significant wear. There was also visual marking on the crank journal, however, it was not perceptible by touch. I have the new bearing on but the car isn’t reassembled yet, any opinions on me going back to pull that rod cap and polish the journal a bit? Link to photos if they don't load on this post: https://imgur.com/a/I9OaXVm

[bmwfnatic]

If your fingernail didn’t catch I wouldn’t touch it.

[sbay]

^ send it.

[acb.m3]

Fair - so far that's been the feedback from everyone I've asked. Next time I need to do bearings ill be pulling the engine anyway for a rebuild, just needs to not blow up for 50k miles of mixed use (track + street).

[sapote]

I thought I saw the pics of the bearings this morning on my phone, but they are all disappeared now? Want to see on the big monitor.

I would cut some strips of cloth and pull the strip to polish the crank journal using chrome polishing compound.

[acb.m3]

I thought I saw the pics of the bearings this morning on my phone, but they are all disappeared now? Want to see on the big monitor.

I would cut some strips of cloth and pull the strip to polish the crank journal using chrome polishing compound.

Weird I don't know what happened to the pics, but here is an external link as as well: https://imgur.com/a/I9OaXVm.

The chrome polish is exactly what I am considering, if anything just to take down any micro high spots.

[cobra]

It's probably fine. You can feel insanely fine details with your finger so if you can't feel it I bet it's too small to matter.