[Shotimes] rod bearings

Josh Salaets jsalaets@msn.com
Mon, 28 Apr 2003 14:39:20 -0700


> Very interesting.  Usually a bad rod bearing makes a deeper sound, like
rattling a marble around in a cigar box or a ball bearing in a wooden box.

That's kind of what it sounded like.  The top end actually sounds very good,
but if you kneel down and listen under the car, it sounded like it was
coming from the oil pan and was a lot louder.  It also only made the noise
when revved between 2400 and 2700 rpms.  Above and below this range it was
silent.

Aren't these symptoms classic for those that have had heard their rod
bearings make noise?  Who was it that lost their bearings at the track day
at the SHO convention last summer and limped their car home?

Josh Salaets
95 SHO MTX (See it at: www.cardomain.com/id/sh0gun)
85 Omni GLH-T (Yeah, it's fast)
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