Re: Making rod bearing inserts, Attention Machinist

[51seahorsetn27]

The fact it has a flat spot on the journal says to take it to a crank shop and have them cut the journal then make the rod bearing for that journal, any slop there is going to egg shape that bearing id and possibly seize or spin that bushing. Lathing that bushing od and split are good ideas. Putting the rod in a vice covered with a rag and putting the insert in the rod, torque it in then ream the id to almost the size it needs to be, then hone the id to nominal size plus the thousandths needed for oil clearence. I was a cnc operator for a few years, this is about the best youll get in a home scenario.