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How do stronger connecting rod bolts reduce chance of spun bearing?
How would stronger connecting rod bolts or connecting rods reduce the chance of a spun bearing? And what is a spun bearing?
Stronger bolts, don't flex or stretch under high stress....If a bolt stretches, even a tiny bit, it could allow the bearings to shift a little.
A spun bearing is a main bearing that has "moved" and been destroyed. Under normal conditions, the piston rod, and crank does not touch, they have a thin layer of oil between them, if something happens to this oil layer, and the bearing is damaged, it is refered to as a "spun bearing"
And along with that comes the tell tell "knock" of the piston rod, and crank shaft banging against one another
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