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Old 09-29-2015, 10:02 PM   #1
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Default O.T. Just got done with some Hercules Rods.

Here are some new pictures of some Hercules rods from Ca.

These were insert bearing rods that they could not find the inserts for any more.

So we pour them solid.

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Old 09-29-2015, 10:08 PM   #2
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Default Re: O.T. Just got done with some Hercules Rods.

Nice work.
I think I see a shim in the rod. Did you use shims for future take up?
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Ya, Tom, I always use .006 thousandths.

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Great looking job Herm. How do the big ends get their oil?
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Great looking job Herm. How do the big ends get their oil?
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They are pressure, Mr. SAJ, so they didn't have any grooves either.

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What year and series is that Hercules?
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These were insert bearing rods that they could not find the inserts for any more.
Nice work. Did they still have the worn-out inserts? If so, why not just re-pour the shells and bore them?
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How do you take the cap off with the babbit solid like that?
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Old 09-30-2015, 11:23 AM   #9
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What year and series is that Hercules?
Jim, I don't know the year, the owner said, but I don't remember, if you want to know, I could ask again.

The series is WXL C.

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Old 09-30-2015, 12:10 PM   #10
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Nice work. Did they still have the worn-out inserts? If so, why not just re-pour the shells and bore them?
Brent, the reason we don't normally don't redo the old inserts is, when the insert is new, they are a formed good, tight fit to what ever shell. You just size the hole in the rod to what ever size it calls for.

When you repour, the ends of the inserts will move in to each other, and they have to be spread back to a formed fit, and that is not always possible to get a 100% fit again.

So if you have a small spot, say the size of the end of your little finger that is away from the shell wall about a half a thousandths, the crank will either bring it into shape and it stays, or it keeps pushing it in and out until the babbitt fractures.

So when poured solid, no problems of that nature.

Now, main bearings, you don't have that worry, as the crank just turns in a circle.

But we have done rod inserts, when the owner won't take no for an answer, but if they come apart, I would't warranty, although we have never had a bad bearing ever come back.

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How do you take the cap off with the babbit solid like that?
These are Jig poured Rods Will, so they were not poured in one piece.

When I say poured solid, I am saying that there is no insert, and the babbitt is stuck to the Rod.

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Once again thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with us Herm. There certainly is a lot to know about poured bearings!
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Old 09-30-2015, 03:47 PM   #13
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Thanks for sharing Herm! Always interesting!
PS: You did my CC Pickup mains about 14 years ago...I don't drive it much but it just keeps running good when it does! Thanks!
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