by Donnie Hurt | Mar 3, 2017 | CRANKSHAFTS & CONNECTING RODS
RELUCTOR WHEEL INSTALLATION Many late model engines, like the LS series GM V8’s, use a press fit reluctor wheel as a crankshaft trigger. When the need arises to swap the crankshaft reluctor, some companies sell a tool for approximately $200. Taking one off is as...
by Donnie Hurt | Mar 3, 2017 | PISTONS & RINGS
REDUCED RADIAL WALL BY DESIGN The use of steel in the upper compression ring has many advantages. Steel provides 35% more strength, weighs 30% less and increases the resistance to side wear, which is observed on the newer model engines. Another feature from the...
by Donnie Hurt | Mar 1, 2017 | DISASSEMBLY & CLEANING
SADDLE PROTECTION If you are shot blasting an engine block but want to protect the crankshaft housing bore surfaces, you can install some used upper main bearing shells in place, then secure them to the block with threaded rod or machine screws with a nut up in the...
by Donnie Hurt | Feb 2, 2017 | CRANKSHAFTS & CONNECTING RODS
CONNECTING ROD PIN END – BORING In certain cases, we have to remove a good deal of stock from the pin end of the rod. Whether to fit oversize pins in a press-fit rod, to fit bushings that are .001-.002” oversize or bore out an undersized bushing to spec, this...
by Donnie Hurt | Feb 2, 2017 | DIAGNOSTICS
THEY ARE NOT ALL FAILURES You might not believe this, but not every 2.9L, 3.0L or 4.0L V6 Ford factory cylinder head cracked and failed. Nor did every 706 GM 4.8-5.3L with the “battery” emblem. Cylinder heads fail for a reason. Now the difference between success or...
