Just split the cases today and have some pictures of the inside. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

Pictures of my connecting rod failure.

 

[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img] Man these are no pictures any Raptor owner wants to see.

How hard was it to break the rod free???

 

Not bad. I had to remove the portion under the crank lobes, then chip away at the hole it made then it rotated around for me. It was bent and stuck against the case.

 

It did make life easier when removing the nuts for the ac rotor and the balancer gear etc on the other side. Nothing moved, LOL or uh I mean. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

That's a big piece under the crank.

 

Just added a few good pics of the small end of the rod and the cases.

 

have you figured out what caused your rod to break?

 

No, Airraptor feels there was a hairline crack along the oil holes on the small end from the factory. It appears to have broke at one of the holes. Read up on the carrillo Rod thread to catch up on that possibility.

 

Have you decided how your going to fix the problem ???

By the way you did a good job puttting all those pics together.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

That seriously makes me wanna cry[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] , Good luck on fixing it, and I hope mine dont do anything.