Frank,
My Bentley has an illustration of the crank/rods/pistons like this.
The front of the crank is to your left. the rod caps are offset to
that the bolt heads are facing toward the viewer, same as the gudgeon
pin. So that would mean toward the cam side.
I'm not sure it would go together backwards, but then I've never tried...'-)
Gerard
At 8:17 PM -0400 9/13/03, Frank Clarici wrote:
>Stupid me! I removed the pistons from the rods on this goldseal 1098.
>The book mentions somehting about putting the gudgeon pin clamp
>towards the cam. Of course I have the "later" engine and the book
>says...
>
>Are you ready for this?
>Replacement of the piston and connecting rod is a direct reversal of removal.
>
>Swell! If I only marked the rods "front" like the pistons are
>marked, I would be fine. But no marks and with a 50/50 chance I will
>get it wrong 99% of the time. Sort of like modern electric plugs
>that only fit 1 way but EVERY time I go to plug it in, it's the
>wrong way. So I took my trusty grinder and fixed that problem :) I
>don't want to grind the rods to make them fit ;)
>
>So does anyone know if the larger offset goes on the cam side or the
>"other" side?
>--
>Frank Clarici
>Toms River, NJ
>Down to just a few Sprites
>http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
--
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