Even so, properly designed and prepared connecting rods may exhibit permanent dimensional shortening (or "stack") of only 0.003 inch (as measured from the bottom of the small end to the top of the ...

Hyundai and Kia built a great reputation for reliability. Then one badly designed engine put it at risk. Here's the biggest ...

Bushed or Pressed. Research connecting rods and you will find that there are two basic ways pistons are mounted to them. A bushed rod features a bronze bushing in the small end that the wristpin ...

Oliver Connecting Rods in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has been producing premium connecting rods since 1982. "Our rods are aimed at the upper end of the performance market," says owner Bruce Baldwin.

The company has only developed the rods as drop-in replacements for 5.3- and 6.2-liter LS V8 engines from General Motors thus far. In its own testing, Transcend says it was able to tune the 5.3 to ...

This time around, approximately 129,000 vehicles are under recall over bad connecting rod bearings. ... the automaker took until the end of November to agree to those findings.

When the connecting rods are weighed each end of the rod is weighed to get the total weight. The Scat box markings match the weight indicated on this scale—452.2 grams for the big end.

This swinging movement allows the other end of the connecting rod to be attached to a part that moves in a completely different direction — the crankshaft.

The connecting rod under test is from a typical Briggs and Stratton engine, ... and the parts you can turn out with some high-end 3D-printers rival machined metal in terms of durability.

About a quarter of a million 2016–2019 models are under recall for a connecting rod defect, including the Pilot, Odyssey, Ridgeline, and Acura TLX and MDX.

Connecting rods are simple pieces of tech, just arms that connect the crankshaft to the pistons, nothing more. Transcend's new two-piece unit, dubbed the Thunder Rod, is a new take on the ...