Balancing Connecting Rods

[Robert Leigh]

Steve - apologies if I sound like trying to teach my Grandmother to suck eggs, but have you crack tested the slots at the little ends? A known point of failure and absolutely needs to be checked if you have not yet done so...

hth!

This can be done by cleaning the rod thoroughly in paraffin and drying it off with clean rag or paper towel; then do up the little end bolt tight. If there is a crack, paraffin will be squeezed out from it. Professional crack testing may be thought better, but my method is quite good and costs next to nothing. It can save getting cracked rods tested expensively.
Robert Leigh