Originally Posted by
KWT-NITRO
Hey guys,
hi Monty, just a small question after Trevors's comment, well, i normally change rods after 3 gallons, but how can you say that the rod has gone bad or still good to go?? 6 gallons sounds great man...just tell me the way to inspect or what to look for.
cheers
Ali
just manually check rod slop and measure the crankpin diameters . engines will last a long time if you keep your filter very very clean and sealed up well . take a new crank/rod and see how much side deflection and oil gap there is . then judge how much you have by taking your findings and compare to the new one , good common sense will tell you if it is really wore out or not
one guy on here had a little dgree measurement he used when looking at the rod flop in degrees .