hosspwr94

quick question. I bought some h-beam forged rods and one of the bushings hast twisted in the small end bore... can this be simply spun back into place?
I have never dealt with bushed rods before so this is new to me.

MachinistOne

The bushing is loose in the bore? Never having been run before?

Are they Eagle or some other off-shore brand?

Either way you need to remove the bushing and have the small end bore checked for sizing before pressing in a new bushing, if it were my motor all the bushings would be pulled out to check if one is bad.

hosspwr94

They are not new (they look it!).
The bushing is not loose I just happened to notice that the oil holes are not linded up with the oil holes of the rod. I believe they are ohio crank rods

COMP

so the bushing was installed wrong ??

marshall93z

This isn't the FIRST time I have seen bad stuff come from that shop.

rskrause

They (Ohio crank) are the suxxor.

Rich

hosspwr94

I don't think it had anything to do with Ohio crank! I think it was whoever took the motor apart twisted the bushing getting it off the piston pin. I bought them used off the boards here and the guy I bought them from is taking care of it. He's taking it back to the shop that did the dis-assembly and having them fix the problem.
not sure wat that meant!

marshall93z

He meant the same thing I said. They suck.

What you are describing in the above post is either not GOOD, or not RIGHT! If you've ever handled a bushed rod, you'd know the the pin slides right out of it. Shouldn't be NOWHERE NEAR tight enough for the bushing to come out. IMO.

hosspwr94

ok but either way the bushing didn't come out, just that the oiling holes didn't line up with the rods oiling holes. which would mean that oil wouldn't get in to oil the pin between the bushing and piston pin. And I have confirmation that they were NOT Ohio Cranks.
so now the question... how would the bushing get spun in the rod? My common sense tells me that it would be a lack of oil. which would seem like a general problem as this would be an area that would require oil to be "sloshed" up into the bottom of the piston skirt. I have never run bushed pistons and never hear of this being a problem but if someone ran their oil low for some rediculous reason wouldn't this more than likely be the "possible" problem?

marshall93z

Is the wristpin scuffed up real bad, or anything? I don't know what kind of force it would take to "turn" a bushing in a rod, but I imagine it'd be pretty high up there!