Con Rod Reconditioning
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| The operation to correct the ovality is to remove the cap,
Machine both the cap & the rod faces to make the housing
undersize. The rod housing is then honed out back to the
manufactures spec or better. By using the specialized Sunnen
equipment the centre line remains the same to +/- 0.0005"
The thick red line to Zero on the gauge is the tolerance,
usually 0.0005" depending on engine manufacturer. Click on the pics below to enlarge. |
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 Housing is -0.005" across width |
 Housing is +0.001" top to bottom |
 Housing is now size & round |
