Is this rod usable? pic
#14
Re: Is this rod usable? pic
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
Discoloration from heat = warpage + ruined temper.
#18
Re: Is this rod usable? pic
Originally Posted by highroller54
they get more discolored then that when you use a rod warmer to install press fit piston pin in the small end I know what you are saying but I dont think it has been nearly hot enough to damage it, but it would be bad if I was wrong and she came apart again
Old redneck machine shop locally was heating rods with a torch to fit pistons, discolored on the middle + small ends, had a couple of them fold from fatigue because of that.