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Old Sep 25, 2015 | 07:44 AM
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Do all the full floating rods must have the oiling grooves/canals at the upper bearing (inner face), where the piston wrist pin goes? I got some; supposed LS2 rods that has no grooves there; are them full floating or just got the no full floating press fit ones?
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Do all the full floating rods must have the oiling grooves/canals at the upper bearing (inner face), where the piston wrist pin goes? I got some; supposed LS2 rods that has no grooves there; are them full floating or just got the no full floating press fit ones?
Someone? Need some help here, thanks.
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Brass bushings means full floating. Perhaps the LS2 rods did not have the pin oiling grooves that my LS3 rods have. No bushings means press fit
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Brass bushings means full floating. Perhaps the LS2 rods did not have the pin oiling grooves that my LS3 rods have. No bushings means press fit
So if has a bearing where the wrist pin goes in the rod, its a full floating type, doesn't matter if has the oiling groove or not? All previous full floating rods that I had before (from LQ9 and LS2) had the oiling groove.
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bushing....yes...not0 really called a bearing per se'
old school rods never had the groove in them
perhaps you came across a set that some shop converted from press to float
or maybe GM used different vendors during certain eras...?????
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Originally Posted by A.R. Shale Targa
bushing....yes...not0 really called a bearing per se'
old school rods never had the groove in them
perhaps you came across a set that some shop converted from press to float
or maybe GM used different vendors during certain eras...?????
Someone else can comment about it?
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