What's going on here is simply put in post #25 a last attempt to be able to use a rod before it's turfed.
66Dvert, where is the Looney tunes industry music while reading this?
View attachment 1715107441 The information supplied in post #35 has it's place in the industry, what that is all referring to is for use in the motorcycle or snowmobile engine manufacturing, where "surface hardness of Rockwell C of 60-63" needs to be achieved for use with "roller surface" type bearings.
What's going on here is simply put in post #25 a last attempt to be able to use a rod before it's turfed.
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LmfaoWrong. Copper is way soft and would not hold up to the beating of a rod journal or piston pin can dish out. Copper is the material but it was done merely for corrosion resistance. I have seen engines with all of the rods copper coloured. The bean counters surely put a stop to it. J.Rob
Sure wasn't because they were undersized!Ok, so why were the distributor hold down clamps copper plated?