Bent rod????

[Kevin Krogness]

Good lord that looks expensive

 

[Brian Sorgente]

Whoa!

 

[anthony_marquart]

can't believe it's in one piece.

 

[RonShaw]

can't believe it's in one piece.

Hey. Sent you a couple PM's.

 

[moparbarn]

so what happened, did someone stuff a freighter & hydrolock it :lol: :lol: ??? can't begin to imagine the forces it took to accomplish something like that.

 

[mercguy]

so what happened, did someone stuff a freighter & hydrolock it :lol: :lol: ??? can't begin to imagine the forces it took to accomplish something like that.

hahahahahahahah! LOL

 

[dion smith]

Was this out of a drag car? Pic is deceiving but the plastic it's sitting on and elastic band behind it are something to relate the size to.

 

[Hydro Junkie]

That's definately not out of a diesel engine. By the look of the brackets on the left end, it looks like it's part of a press of some sort

 

[Andy Greene]

That's definately not out of a diesel engine. By the look of the brackets on the left end, it looks like it's part of a press of some sort

Yeah and the way its attached to the floor- or WAS pending on the state of repair in the pic

Doesn't look like an engine rod to me.

 

[JimZaremski]

it's from a large (LARGE) marine diesel engine. the kind that powers those huge freighters. These things are so big that their top speed is like 100 rpm. The connecting rods don't link directly to the pistons; there's a "crosshead" that the conrod connects to, and then the crosshead connects to the piston.

see here:

http://www.gizmag.com/go/3263/

http://www.emma-maersk.com/engine/Wartsila_Sulzer_RTA96-C.htm

 

[Kevin Krogness]

That's what I was thinking. I seen it on Facebook and remembered a show I seen about cruise ships!! Can't remember but thought these engines go through 1k-2k gallons of fuel a hour.

 

[dion smith]

After another look I agree Greg

 

[Jeff Barnhart]

That's definately not out of a diesel engine. By the look of the brackets on the left end, it looks like it's part of a press of some sort

It most likely is out of a diesel engine....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itqD-OrotBo

 

[Chris Davis]

I work on these things all the time, That is a catastrophic failure and very uncommon. It would be fun to discover what caused the damage

 

[Jeff Barnhart]

I work on these things all the time, That is a catastrophic failure and very uncommon. It would be fun to discover what caused the damage

That's what I was thinking. It has got to take some doing for that happen. It makes me wonder if something (parts/tools/maintenance equipment?) ended up in the crankcase that wasn't supposed to be there?

 

[Kevin Krogness]

It would take one big azz ford wrench to do that!!! I wonder what the head clearance is set at?