90sc35thann
Registered User
OK a question to the engine builders here. As an FYI I have a PM out to Dalke but figured I would post here.
I bought a set of used late model rods from a member here. No issues there at all. While i was cleaning them up I decided to press out the old wrist pin bushings and press in new ones. All of that went without incident. This is the issue.
My new .020 pistons (correct part number BTW and the pistons are right) have a wrist pin diameter of .912 inches (this jives with the spec's in the Ford service manual).
My issue is this. The new wrist pin bushings have an ID of .882 inches. Which makes them .030 too small and this is assuming there is no wrist pin to bushing clearance. For the newer folks here the late model rods are not pressed on. They are floating wrist pin designs, hence the bushings.
So my question is should I trash these rods, and secure another set and not be stupid again or should I take the rods I have to a machinist and see if they can bore them out?
I am so agrevated right now.
I bought a set of used late model rods from a member here. No issues there at all. While i was cleaning them up I decided to press out the old wrist pin bushings and press in new ones. All of that went without incident. This is the issue.
My new .020 pistons (correct part number BTW and the pistons are right) have a wrist pin diameter of .912 inches (this jives with the spec's in the Ford service manual).
My issue is this. The new wrist pin bushings have an ID of .882 inches. Which makes them .030 too small and this is assuming there is no wrist pin to bushing clearance. For the newer folks here the late model rods are not pressed on. They are floating wrist pin designs, hence the bushings.
So my question is should I trash these rods, and secure another set and not be stupid again or should I take the rods I have to a machinist and see if they can bore them out?
I am so agrevated right now.