Note two points in this illustration. 1: The presence of a radius fillet between the main bearing journal and counterweight. 2: The absence of a radius fillet between the connecting-rod bearing ...

If you're hip to the 7.3L Power Stroke segment, you know (or soon will) that connecting rod failures are more common in '99 to '03 7.3L engines that utilize powdered-metal rods-especially if the ...

Toshihiro Ozasa, Masago Yamamoto, Shigeo Suzuki, Yu Nozawa, Toshiaki Konomi, Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication Model of Connecting Rod Big End Bearings; Comparison with Experiments by Diesel Engine, SAE ...

We've known about the new Subaru diesel for some time now, but we haven't had a real good walkthrough of this first-to-market boxer turbodiesel. You know, the whole shebang — specs, dimensions ...

All 4 Piston Racing Stroker Kits include connecting rods and pistons at a minimum. The K20 and S2000 F20/F22C Stroker Kits are designed to use a K24 crankshaft with a 99mm (3.897-inch) stroke.

The Office of Defects Investigation is aware of connecting rod bearing failures in the 2016 to 2020 model year Acura MDX, 2018 to 2020 TLX, the 2016 to 2020 Honda Pilot, 2018 to 2019 Odyssey, and ...

Connecting Rod Bearing Issue Prompts Hyundai to Recall 129,000 Vehicles Published: 4 Dec 2020, 20:51 UTC • By: Mircea Panait 21 photos ...

2019 Honda Odyssey. Honda Crank pins, also known as rod bearing journals, are where the connecting rods are clamped over the crankshaft.

The connecting rod bearing in the engine may wear and damage the engine. A damaged engine may cause it to stall, which increases the risk of a fire, crash, and injury, according to a NHTSA report.

Roughly 2 of 1,000 General Motors' large four-cylinder engines such as the ones featured in the 2014 Chevrolet Malibu and 2014 CTS 2.0T suffer from failing rods.

About a quarter of a million 2016–2019 models are under recall for a connecting rod defect, including the Pilot, Odyssey, Ridgeline, and Acura TLX and MDX.