engine building is frustrating!!!!!!!!!!!!

[*Dave*]

got all my parts through and started putting it all together today but im stuck.

cant get the big ends to locate in the correct lugs on the rods.....:confused:
no mater which way i position the bearings the dont seem to fit properly.

iv looked at the old rods and the lugs are in the correct position for the bearings iv got......

pics below

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj183/davenova/Image061-1.jpg
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj183/davenova/Image072.jpg
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj183/davenova/Image069-1.jpg

any ideas why this is?


please help , :cry: :cry:

[napalm_27]

sure your not putting the top shell in the bottom or something silly like that..?
or maybe ordered the wrong ones..?

[*Dave*]

i oredered them from SBD, theyre heavy duty acl's.

they look the same as the old one's....so surely cant be wrong.

and iv tried them all ways round and everything lol

[Stuart]

have you put the rods in the right way round?

[napalm_27]

hmm sure you've tried every way to put them in like rod side then cap side etc to see if they make any difference in fitting

[mowgli]

ok, are the rods specials?? or stock??

[*Dave*]

ok, are the rods specials?? or stock??

what you mean?

[mowgli]

are the rods the originals for your engine or replacements??

[Damo]

are the rods the originals for your engine or replacements??
They look like seemless forged rods mowgli to me.

[*Dave*]

just forged rods for a 16xe that i boughta few weeks back

[ChrisMk1]

The recesses (2nd pic) are the wrong way round.

May be wrong bearings, as i'm sure the rod has the correct cut out for the bearings to sit in.

If the bearings fit in the con-rod the correct way, it should line up with the cut out lug, & the oil gallery which goes to the piston/ guedgeon pin.
The other half of the bearing will not have a lug, the part which bolts the rod to the crank.

Hope this helps
Chris

[*Dave*]

it seems like i need bearings with the lugs on the other side,(mine are on the right but need to be on the left to suit the rod).

is there such bearings?

p.s. i know im a pain in the ass for asking so many questions all the time.lol

[napalm_27]

better to ask then sit there and **** things up mate :thumb:

[Iain]

Give the manufacturer/retailer of the rods a ring tomorrow morning, can't see the logic in making them differently though.

[Damo]

better to ask then sit there and **** things up mate :thumb:

I thought the lugs were all the same way round:confused: unless there for a different car altogether.

[napalm_27]

I thought the lugs were all the same way round:confused: unless there for a different car altogether.

obviously not mate lol

[Damo]

obviously not mate lol

True.

[craig green]

Could they be the problem? What make? Tell me they arent from ebay?

[Damo]

Could they be the problem? What make? Tell me they arent from ebay?

Think he said he got them from SBD craig.

[*Dave*]

no the rods are the only thing i didnt get from sbd.

yes craig from ebay lol and yes im a c**t!!

[puss puss]

is it possibly for you to take another picture like the one below so that we can see both ends of the logs. The one below is wrong but is the other end/lug of it correctly slotted in? If so am betting they are wrong :)

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj183/davenova/Image072.jpg

[Angus Closier]

Can you not just turn the bearings around ^^^ like turn so the lug is on the left side?

If not i guess they are wrong!

[Stuart]

I bet the rods are on the wrong way round....

[mowgli]

please put up a pic of all 8 shells.....

are they all the same handed

please post pics of old & new rods side by side..

[*Dave*]

its ok they are wrong!!!

thanks for the help tho.

goin to oreder p.e.c rods next week which have the lugs on the right,(the correct side).

cheers.