rod bearings?

[240crawler]

I spun my #3 rod bearing about 2 weeks ago. Honed the journal with 600 grit coated in fuel, and put all new bearings in. Cranked up last night, and what do I hear? Rod knock once again.

I have decided to pull the engine and put everything brand-new inside. I cannot, however, find connecting rods. My local Nissan dealer cannot even order them. Where can I find some rods?

[Dammitboy]

[Dammitboy]

You live under a rock? There's quite a few rod makers now. Try eagle rods for starters.

Also, try & find the original cause of your knocking.

[torque2go]

you could of measured your journals or plastigauged them to see what size bearings you would need.

[DjPantsSpecR]

so when you bought bearings what did you buy? did you buy the correct grade bearings, or just std size in non nissan bearings?

and i hope you plastigaged them too. sorry man, it really sucks to have to go through this twice, but i think you may have missed some stuff by being over-eager

[240crawler]

yes, I used the plastigauge. I was in spec for oil clearance, so I do not know what caused the bearing to re-spin. I bought Clevite std, but since I am redoing, I have ordered new bearing from local nissan dealer. I had to get grade 2 for 1,2, and 4; and a 0.08 upsize for #3. I cannot find rods, I must live under a rock. My internet acess is limited to 20 minutes/wk. I do not order from internet anyways. If I cannot walk in and pay cash, I do not want it.

But some good came of this mishap. My old project is back on boil. I have the engine ready except for driver's side header and radiator. Here it comes....560sx!

[Raxephon]

But some good came of this mishap. My old project is back on boil. I have the engine ready except for driver's side header and radiator. Here it comes....560sx!

VK56DE?

[figment521]

Take the crank and rods to a machine shop and have them re size the rods and check the crank to make sure is is not out of round.