baronsmith98

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If getting arp rod bolts how do you know if you need to resize? How do you measure it? What about main caps as well??

baronsmith98

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Nobody knows this?

KCS

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You torque the fasteners in the rod/main cap and measure with a bore gauge. If the bore is out of spec, you need to consider having them resized.

FAD2BLK93

u cannot resize the stock cracked rods. better get new ones.

KCS

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Sure you can. You just don't have to cut the parting surfaces since its a cracked cap.

bww3588

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Yes, and run over sized bearings.

However, to my knowledge, the only bearings you can get are .002 larger. So that doesn't leave a whole lot of room if they go out very much.

sszq803

Not saying this works without problems on everones engine but, I installed arp rod bolts on my ls1 when I had the short block rebuilt and had no problems. When I done mine the engine was first put together using the factory bolts then I replaced one rod bolt at a time torqing to spec. Just make sure you get the correct bolts ( cracked cap arp bolts) and be sure to pull the little sleeve that's around the bolt out of the cap

KCS

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As little as .002" and as much as .003" considering the tolerances for the housing bores. It doesn't have to be spot on, I'd still run it a couple tenths over the high if that's what it ended up at.

mcdonald77

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my machine shop checked mine and said they were good to go. I have issues at 7000 miles so far.