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#23625 12/08/2001 4:31 PM | Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 587 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 587 | I have a problem, I sent my rods on my 216 to Jim Carter for re-babbitting, now the rods (not the same rods) will not fit down onto the crank journals, the caps are just a smidge too wide. What should I do? | | |
#23626 12/08/2001 4:56 PM | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 6 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 6 | I would contact Jim Carter and expect him to fix the problem and pay freight charges involved. When I order parts that are not local I use a credit card it affords you a limited protection that a check will not. | | |
#23627 12/08/2001 5:42 PM | Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 523 Member | | Member Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 523 | Did you measure the crank pin and the bore of the rod?You need to do that before talking to Carter's......If it looks from those numbers like you should have the right clearance then the problem maybe in the edges of the bearing
They maybe too wide or the chanfer is fouling the radius
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#23628 12/13/2001 9:49 PM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 | It could be you have 37-47 rods and a 48-53 crank. The later crank uses narrower rods.
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