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Old 02-01-2021, 06:18 PM   #14
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Default Re: French rods

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Originally Posted by rotorwrench View Post
Most of a recondition job is cleaning, inspecting, and replacement of the small end bearings. The replacement of the small end bearings and how they are sized would be the only difference I can think of unless the big end has fretting or some other problem. If done as original then they will be as good as original.
I agree with this. I have been saving rods (8BA style) for the last 30 years. When I had the basic machine work done on the engine, I brought in about 20 rods. The machinist did the cleaning and inspecting, and easily found 8 rods that were OK as is.
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