Recent content by Geraghty

Kevin, North America is slowly but surely becoming informed....We all assumed that our elected representatives were looking out for our welfare.... It is becoming very obvious that is not happening..... The USA electorate and their elected political representatives decided to let Joe and the Hoe...

Holding the rod on the crankpin with the rod horizontal , up down at the wrist pin end...

Thanks much....I got one......

I need one more for a special project I want to build and test.... Check your junk drawers ...... Rod Geraghty 1-715.926-6096 LL 1-715-495-5025

Thanks Dave, All I was trying to do was tell somebody how to make a stock K&B rod live in terms as simple as possible......... I never had any problem with your rods ....they were magnificent.... Now that we got that out of the way....how are you doing???? Rod

John, Sorry to be such an A-hole.....I am just feeling real bad today.......it was a knee jerk reaction to feeling so sxxxxy.......

Technically you are correct.... I was trying to make this simple to understand for the RC boater but I see you just are not going to let that happen.... The oil holes in the rod let the oil out......now you explain to all reading this how that happens.... When I responded to this thread all I...

It sure is!....it is not compressible......

Ken, Something also I failed to mention.....as the atmosphere/mixture in the crankcase flows over the the oil holes in the rod it creates a low pressure area at the hole resulting with a vacuum at the hole and it siphons oil out of the hole.....this is very similar to how a siphon air brush...

I believe the crankpin is the eye of the rotating fan resulting in a low pressure area at the crankpin sucking oil in......I believe that the holes let the oil out.... I may be mistaken but I don't believe so......If you find evidence to the contrary I will gladly apologize......... I do know...

I have tried reamers and that is not the way to go.....Leave the wristpin end alone..... I just use a hone made of a piece of turned down slotted nylon dowel and some 600 wet and dry sand paper wrapped around it , and a cordless drill.... Remember , when the motor is running the conrod is always...

The connecting rod is the same for all the .67 , .82 , .91 and 1.0CI K&B engines......[there was also a .72 motor in there made for Bob Violett] There were several rod designs used by K&B over the years....All the big block rods carry the same K&B part number 16-6701....[old P/N 5321].... There...

That's the motor.....the machining is magnificent and ..... the materials of construction the are very good.....You have seen it run.... Cut off the clutch end off the SG shaft and screw on the 1/4 x 28 thread by .150 squared cable adapter and zhazaam you are in business on an adapter from...

It was a motor off of wish.....I will look close and see if there is name on it.....The inside is beautiful...