Thread: Piston question (off set pin)

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Originally Posted by Whitfield

Is flipping the piston / rod assembly the easy way out or are the rods machined to turn / load for a given direction.

If I go that far then I might should ball hone / new std. pistons / rings / and std. bearings ~ flipping 125k pistons from hole to hole scares me.

Looks like either way ~ as long as I'm playing with junk it is like playing russian roulette.
Adventually somthing is gonna go B A N G !!!!!!

the rods can go any hole the tang needs to go to the out side oil pan rail... they are dumb they do not know or care .i would ball hone it flip the banks less you want to pay to have some one press of your old pistons just to flip them and there a good chance of getting them screwed up.nothing going bang less you screw some thing up .i rebuilt my share of rods and used other rods to make a full set if one was hurt or missing .were let s say a #1 was replace with a used rod were in its old life before recon was a #8 after re stamping it it now a #1 and new set of rods can go any were as long as the brearing tang is to the out side of the oil pan rail the heavy chamfer go s to the crank radii as long as you use this rule you will be ok