crank & rod bolts reusable?
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Got all the parts for a complete 1.6 rebuild, new pistons and some ARP head studs and even a new crank pulley bolt but i totally forgot about the rod and crank bolts ![facepalm](https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/facepalm.gif)
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So are the crank and rod bolts reusable?
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So are the crank and rod bolts reusable?
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1. Why are you building a motor with stock rods
2. don't re-use the rod bolts
3. re-use the mains
I replacedal hardware due to the wonderful world of cost/benefit. $100 for new main bolts could help me drive home from the track.
2. don't re-use the rod bolts
3. re-use the mains
I replacedal hardware due to the wonderful world of cost/benefit. $100 for new main bolts could help me drive home from the track.
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Honestly I wouldn't use those stock rods either, but yeah.. You can reuse the rod bolts and the main bolts. I wouldn't recommend reusing the crank snout bolt however.
Wouldn't kill ya to get some ARP rod bolts though..
Wouldn't kill ya to get some ARP rod bolts though..
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yeah i know, stock rods are no no, but i drove like 4hrs to pick up a complete 1.6 rebuild kit a few months ago and the dude had the pistons press fitted and mounted so cant get new rods.
The next motor i have sitting in the garage will be fully built in a fewwwww months but i need a fresh for now, my current is really old and shady
The next motor i have sitting in the garage will be fully built in a fewwwww months but i need a fresh for now, my current is really old and shady
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There is no possible excuse for using stock rods in a motor build. None. I don't care if God himself installed them. You take them out, get Belfabs, and put them in. It's retarded not to.
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yeah i know, stock rods are no no, but i drove like 4hrs to pick up a complete 1.6 rebuild kit a few months ago and the dude had the pistons press fitted and mounted so cant get new rods.
The next motor i have sitting in the garage will be fully built in a fewwwww months but i need a fresh for now, my current is really old and shady
The next motor i have sitting in the garage will be fully built in a fewwwww months but i need a fresh for now, my current is really old and shady
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If you can tell me that i can remove the PRESS FITTED mounting pins with out damaging the pistons then I promise I will go into credit card debit just so I can order the m-tuned rods tonight
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Granted, I've never built a Miata engine, but from the ones I have done, I don't recall the wrist pin ever being an interference fit into the piston. At least give it a shot. Remove the clips and try tapping the wrist pin out of the piston with a dowel.
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If it was press fitted did they use circlips or not?
Edit: I am familiar with press fitting wrist pins on rods but never on pistons. Anybody?
Edit Edit: You have the motor apart and all of the machining done and don't want to use forged rods because you don't want to wait just a little longer?
http://www.wavsource.com/snds_2009-07-06_951659426633085/tv/star_trek/logic_dazzling.wav
Edit: I am familiar with press fitting wrist pins on rods but never on pistons. Anybody?
Edit Edit: You have the motor apart and all of the machining done and don't want to use forged rods because you don't want to wait just a little longer?
http://www.wavsource.com/snds_2009-07-06_951659426633085/tv/star_trek/logic_dazzling.wav
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If it was press fitted did they use circlips or not?
Edit: I am familiar with press fitting wrist pins on rods but never on pistons. Anybody?
Edit Edit: You have the motor apart and all of the machining done and don't want to use forged rods because you don't want to wait just a little longer?
http://www.wavsource.com/snds_2009-07-06_951659426633085/tv/star_trek/logic_dazzling.wav
Edit: I am familiar with press fitting wrist pins on rods but never on pistons. Anybody?
Edit Edit: You have the motor apart and all of the machining done and don't want to use forged rods because you don't want to wait just a little longer?
http://www.wavsource.com/snds_2009-07-06_951659426633085/tv/star_trek/logic_dazzling.wav
im only assuming that the wrist pins are press fitted and then cir-clips go on each end?
If i can remove the wrist pins with out damaging the pistons i,ll order the m-tuned rods today.
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ok, all done with the tear down. I checked the wrist pins and they come out like nothing after you remove the cir-clips...doh.
im ordering the M-tuned rods and some ARP main bolts right now.
im ordering the M-tuned rods and some ARP main bolts right now.