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Larry Hill · 11-21-2019, 08:15 AM

''The cap cutter should cut the parting line perpendicular to the sides. Therefore we need to prepare the sides, to the best of our ability, before we cut the parting surfaces.''

The best way I have found to make thrust sides close to 90* to the bore is to make a mandrel and face each side of the rod on a lathe. The mandrel will have one rod on it for balance while the second the rod is being cut.

So how much rod side clearance is too much?

11-21-2019, 08:15 AM	#5
Larry Hill Live Reporter Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hickory, Ky Posts: 10,644 Likes: 1,941 Liked 10,738 Times in 2,234 Posts	Re: Mopar 383 Connecting Rods ''The cap cutter should cut the parting line perpendicular to the sides. Therefore we need to prepare the sides, to the best of our ability, before we cut the parting surfaces.'' The best way I have found to make thrust sides close to 90* to the bore is to make a mandrel and face each side of the rod on a lathe. The mandrel will have one rod on it for balance while the second the rod is being cut. So how much rod side clearance is too much? __________________ IHM Used Parts https://ihmusedparts.com 888-821-1817