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Originally Posted by Davisca455
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Originally Posted by Scharbag
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Originally Posted by Davisca455
Not an opinion, but an observation/question.
In an earlier post in this thread, it seemed like it was stated that the bearing tang was only for installation purposes?
Not sure if that is what was meant, so it generated the next question.
I get that they have to be installed correctly, and that tang to slot helps us do this, but when I looked at the rods, caps and bearing/tangs as an assembly, it looked to me that tangs serve more purpose than just installation of the bearing?
It looks like they are the only location feature to limit lateral movement along the axis of rotation, and the tang also seems to be the only feature that would prevent rotation of the two shells once the connecting rod/cap are assembled?
Or is there some other more subtle thing going on that I don't yet understand?
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There are lots of tangless bearings out there. The tang does nothing but help installation.
Once the rod cap is tightened, the bearing is held in place by that force. As it has been said, 10 pounds of stuff in a 5 pound sack is an apt way to describe it.
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Ahh, that makes sense, so the bearing shell assembly has a slight interference fit with the connecting rod assembly once everything is clamped up. |
Yup. She is squished in there real tight. This is where rod bolt strength and stretch comes into play with bearing eccentricity.
A lot of really precise nerdy sh!t going on in there.
