Being you had a crank in this engine before and all was OK - I am guessing your clearances were a little too tight with this crank - did you check the crank for taper on that journal? - Eagle cranks can be all over the place as far as clearance from journal to journal. I would find it hard to believe that the oiling hole was drilled after the original line hone was completed - but stranger things can occur

When you set your thrust bearing did you do it before you torqued it down or after - that might explain your tight thrust