I tackled the twisted rod today. I “think” it went well.
I removed the twisted rod from the crankcase and did
a little measuring with a “triangle” ruler and a machinist rule.
Top to bottom journals of the rod were out of sync or twisted,
about 1/16″.
I put the rod in the vise and used a 12″ Crescent wrench to
tweek it. About three tweeks and I was happy about the twist,
but then further checking showed the top of the rod was a little
out of parallel along the crankshaft axis. I put the rod back in
the vise lenghtwise in the jaws, and used a block of wood to
tweek it back to parallel.
I put the power head all back together and I can feel no binding…..
guess that’s a good start!
Before and After photo…..
Prepare to be boarded!