E-mailed a guy on eBay that has a new 7. In his ad, he doesn't have a picture of the "****" side of the bearing.
I also did testing by putting the crank half into the case half, with the oil pump drive gear and pin, and 3-6 on. Without the 13 washer in there, it has a little bit of float, like it should. With the 13, that isn't supposed to be there, it doesn't float. Maybe, the 1 couldn't sit there at idle like it's supposed to, so it was turning, turning 11-23, and the transmission, unlike it's supposed to, so that COULD be my knock.

Man, this is why I stick to QuadRACERS. MUCH less complicated.