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by jusjofok
This is the first one I have put back together without checking all clearances on the machined parts first.
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I purchased a new piston and rod from Stens as I have had good luck with their parts in the past and threw it back together.
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I wouldn't blame the machinist. It sounds like
you did a poor checking and odering parts. Not sure where the parts came from.....It's the assembler responsibility to make sure the parts are right. The first quote proves you didn't check parts very well.
Kohler rods have a hole in the beam between the wrist pin and crank journal. I'm not sure about Stens rods. I don't use them.
Plasti-gage is a poor thing to gage a part. The only gages I use to check cylinder bore and crank pin/journal are micrometers and bore gages.
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by mmzullo
I hope he does good on the parts.
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The shop/party who supplied the parts is not responsibile for this mess. It is the assembler fault.
For the record....I've been a machinist for 36 years. I measure my parts before and after my local automotive machine shop works on my motors. I will give you a copy of all dimensions I check if I build you a motor. My shop will give me a copy of all dimensions they check if I ask them to.