SH*T! Did I bend a rod?
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SH*T! Did I bend a rod?
So I was on my way to work today messin with a Prelude and to make a long story short, I came over a lil too much (tried to grab 3rd and got 1st :bashhead: :angry: :bashhead: :sosad: :help: ) I immediately put my clutch in (which is slipping pretty good in 1st by the way) when I saw the tach go above 4.5k RPMs but not before it hit around 6,250!!! Is there any way I can tell if I did some damage? After I got off the freeway it drove fine... nothing wrong (except my slipping clutch) that I could feel or tell... no smells no smoke no nothing...
:help: plz! Thanks.
:help: plz! Thanks.
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if anything you might have bent some pushrods, easy to check
remove coil packs (5 10mm bolts per side, maybe 6)
remove valve covers (4 8mm bolts per side)
remove rocker arms (8 8mm bolts per side)
pull all pushrods and roll them on a piece of glass, if the wobble, get new ones
remove coil packs (5 10mm bolts per side, maybe 6)
remove valve covers (4 8mm bolts per side)
remove rocker arms (8 8mm bolts per side)
pull all pushrods and roll them on a piece of glass, if the wobble, get new ones
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Originally Posted by GTObsessor
So I was on my way to work today messin with a Prelude and to make a long story short, I came over a lil too much (tried to grab 3rd and got 1st :bashhead: :angry: :bashhead: :sosad: :help: ) I immediately put my clutch in (which is slipping pretty good in 1st by the way) when I saw the tach go above 4.5k RPMs but not before it hit around 6,250!!! Is there any way I can tell if I did some damage? After I got off the freeway it drove fine... nothing wrong (except my slipping clutch) that I could feel or tell... no smells no smoke no nothing...
:help: plz! Thanks.
:help: plz! Thanks.
if you bent a rod, you WOULD know.........same thing with a spun bearing.....
when I noticed the title from the main page and then read your post, my first thought was "DUDE........THAT HONDA OWNED YOU (if he made you bend a connecting rod)"
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well, if it seems to be running fine and smells fine the only way to check it is to pull the heads measure the length that the pistons stick out. I cant remember the actual number, but you should be able to find that pretty easily.
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Originally Posted by 99ssleeper
'bent rod' usually means connecting rod....but i assume you are referring to pushrods.
just pull the valvecovers and check them out, nothing to it
just pull the valvecovers and check them out, nothing to it
EDIT: Oopse... ok roll em on a piece of glass. Thanks. So do I only need to remove the valve covers or the heads too for the pushrods??? Am I hurting my engine by driving around with them? Or just loosing a lil performance?
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Originally Posted by GTObsessor
Yes I am referring to pushrods... should I expect a VERY minor bend or something visible to the naked eye? What are the specs for ft. lbs. of torque on the bolts i'm going to be loosening? I don't wanna screw anything up in the process.
EDIT: Oopse... ok roll em on a piece of glass. Thanks. So do I only need to remove the valve covers or the heads too for the pushrods??? Am I hurting my engine by driving around with them? Or just loosing a lil performance?
EDIT: Oopse... ok roll em on a piece of glass. Thanks. So do I only need to remove the valve covers or the heads too for the pushrods??? Am I hurting my engine by driving around with them? Or just loosing a lil performance?
depends....I have seem some that you almost couldn't tell rolling them on glass, and others that looked like Zeus' lighting bolt...
just valve covers and rocker arms..........22ft/lbs on the rocker bolts......
shouldn't hurt anything.....if they were bent bad enough to hurt something you would probably hear noise......
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if they are bent bad, you would know because it would be making some noise. just take the valve covers and rockers off and roll the pushrods if you think you messed something up. Otherwise I wouldn't worry about it, unless it's costing you some power. It's never a bad idea to check though. Better safe than sorry.
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When I missed the 3 to 4 shift and bent my push rods, the check engine light came on and the car had a rough idle. Check the 5 and 7 cyclinders real good, most people bend the push rods here the most. If the 5 and 7 push rods are good than most likely you did not do any damage to the other ones. But to be on the safe side check them all, it is not hard to do.
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All the major sponsor on here have them.
I got mine from Thunder Racing together with my cam and new valve springs.
This is just me...but....just reving it to 6250 isn't that big of a deal...they rev it higher on the dyno. But better safe than sorry I guess.
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I got mine from Thunder Racing together with my cam and new valve springs.
This is just me...but....just reving it to 6250 isn't that big of a deal...they rev it higher on the dyno. But better safe than sorry I guess.
Manny
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Originally Posted by PREDATOR-Z
You say you hit 6250, did you feel like you hit the limiter?? Tachs do lie you know.
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Originally Posted by PREDATOR-Z
You say you hit 6250, did you feel like you hit the limiter?? Tachs do lie you know.
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Originally Posted by GTObsessor
I might just upgrade them since i'm gonna be in there... what's a good set that's reasonably priced and where can I get them?
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Uhh... I didn't think the rev limiter would protect you in a down shift miss, just a throttle responce rpm jump? Like staying in gear until you are bouncing it...
What I'm trying to say, maybe in panic, it didn't really go that high.