powerofone

I just bought a 98 Trans am with an ls1 in it. I bought it not running pulled the motor tore it down. The valve floated hit the piston broke the push rod and that bounced around inside. When I took the rods off I noticed that where they seperate all look like they were snapped instead of machined. Is this normal and if so am I still going to be able to get the rods resized if they need it.

mark21742

Yup that is how they are made.... just make sure you keep the right cap with the right rod

KCS

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Yes, thats how they're supposed to be.

To resize them, you just hone them about .002" oversized and call it a day. You don't have to (you actually shouldn't) cut the parting surfaces at all. Clevite makes a bearing thats oversized for these resized rods, pn 1776-P.

powerofone

Thanks all ur info helped alot