Has anyone bent aftermarket rods?

[sweetdiesel]

Not including nicks rods

 

[duramaxdiesel]

I don think I've heard of a single failure yet from TTS, Carrillo, Howards or Crower.

 

[ripmf666]

I dont even think Pat bent the Crower rod stickin it thru the side of the block.

 

[sweetdiesel]

I've recently opened a fruit stand and will start by selling bananas

 

[JoshH]

You didn't really bend your rods, did you?

 

[ripmf666]

That sucks Simon

 

[duramaxdiesel]

You're kidding me, right??!

 

[sweetdiesel]

You didn't really bend your rods, did you?

All 8 of them

 

[JoshH]

Damn, Simon. That's really shitty. Sorry to hear it. How many sets of those rods are out there? You're the only one I've heard of that is using them. What are you going back with?

 

[sweetdiesel]

Wrist pin came out of the piston and messed up the block

Last pass of the season still running great:rofl:

 

[ripmf666]

Have you called Cunningham to see what they have to say about it.

 

[sweetdiesel]

Damn, Simon. That's really shitty. Sorry to hear it. How many sets of those rods are out there? You're the only one I've heard of that is using them. What are you going back with?

Howards due to convience there is another customers set on the shelf that doesn't need them right away

Called cuninham and I'm going to send them back to them
They made 3 sets total for the dmax

 

[sweetdiesel]

What's that saying? If you are not breaking shit, you ain't making enough power

 

[ripmf666]

If it wasnt the pistons that gave you issues when you built the motor then the freeze plugs in the back of the block and now the rods.

 

[MACKIN]

WOW!

You said they made only 3 sets ,do you know the other individuals running them? I'm assuming you did your homework what made you go with them instead of the other 'known' rods?

 

[Mika]

When I last winter open my engine, rods were straight, but piston pins were way out of clearances in middle and rods need new bushings. Gonna check soon how rods and new pins took last summers abuse.

 

[bullfrogjohnson]

I know some one that has bent a couple crowers. Most bent billet rods are from a hydrolock scenario. Were you loosing coolant or possibly have a leaking injector? How do the cylinder walls look?

 

[Subman]

We bent a couple, but like Travis said we hydrolocked the engine. Got the crank and block too. anyone need a good anchor?

 

[sweetdiesel]

I know some one that has bent a couple crowers. Most bent billet rods are from a hydrolock scenario. Were you loosing coolant or possibly have a leaking injector? How do the cylinder walls look?

Really good except for the one that the wrist pin made contact

 

[McRat]

First year at Bonneville, I stuck 2 Crowers through the block when the pistons failed. One rod twisted a couple degrees, but eye-to-eye distance was fine, about .002" shorter than the other seven.

When we take apart an engine to rebuild it, I measure the rods on a CMM (very accurate measuring machine), and neither the Crower or Carrillos saw any significant distortion.