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Do the stock rods all face the sae direction on LQ4?

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Old 11-15-2005, 08:11 PM
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Default Do the stock rods all face the same direction on LQ4?

I'm rebuilding an LQ4 with the stock rods and crank and need to know which way the rods face? Do they all face the same way? If so which side faces forward? They don't look to be offset and the radius looks the same on each side.

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the only thing that has to be set a certain way is the oil hole in the big end. the oil hole needs to be on the lower side (thrust side) of the crank. If you put them in upside down you will end up starving the bearing for oil at higher rpms.




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