14-05-2021, 09:30 AM
(28-12-2017, 08:43 PM)Alan Wrote: My view is that they aren't there to lubricate the little ends, but to allow oil flow through the bearing. On my engines I do this by setting the side clearance in the big ends
revisiting old threads. I'd be interested to know what this meant in terms of clearances. Does this relate to the enormous Woodrow 60 thou figure for lateral movement on Austin big ends? I only ask as I note side to side movement of rods on all the journals (and the shells weren't drilled). Do conrods wear on their side faces and is there a figure they once should have been (or any way of returning closer to it)?