Reply To: Mercury 4cyl needle bearings shrapnel failure

[billw]

Yes that’s normal. Any modern connecting rod that I am aware is machined as a matched assembly. You can reuse the bolts. I will look up the torque but I am curious as to why you want that information at this point? You’re not going to try to put it back together with one piston missing, are you? It won’t end well.That would be a total waste of time.

Long live American manufacturing!