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H-beam Rod question #1665913 08/31/14 05:25 PM 08/31/14 05:25 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 664 WI 6 68hemiss OP mopar
68hemiss OP mopar 6 Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 664 WI	Mocking up a stroker 440 to clearance the block for the rods using Eagle 4.15" crank and Eagle H-beam rods. I haven't used H-beam rods before and have a dumb question. I know that there are cap splitters to remove the cap from the rod but I don't have one of these - is there a good safe way to split the caps? Am I going to run into the same problem removing the rods after installing them on the crank?Thanks, Mark

Re: H-beam Rod question [Re: 68hemiss] #1665914 08/31/14 05:31 PM 08/31/14 05:31 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	Loosen the cap screws and tap the screw heads while you hold the cap... on the crank just tap the screws after loosening them a couple turns

Re: H-beam Rod question [Re: 68hemiss] #1665915 08/31/14 05:32 PM 08/31/14 05:32 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,746 Ontario, Canada Dodgem master
Dodgem master Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,746 Ontario, Canada	Since they are cap screws and not "bolt through with nuts" they should fall apart after screws are removed. when on crank back off bolts a bit and tap bolts to split in a soft jaw vise slight tap with plastic hammer after removing or loosening cap screws. Last edited by Dodgem; 08/31/14 05:38 PM.

Re: H-beam Rod question [Re: Dodgem] #1665916 08/31/14 05:41 PM 08/31/14 05:41 PM
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68hemiss OP mopar 6 Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 664 WI	Thanks guys - Didn't want to wreck anything

Re: H-beam Rod question [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1665917 08/31/14 05:44 PM 08/31/14 05:44 PM
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Street Monkies member S Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 161 In a house near you	I second what Mr P Body said. I worked in a Engine Machine shop. That's all you have to do is some nice lite taps. It work's real well and really don't need a rod splitter. Also is this all brand new part's being put together?

Re: H-beam Rod question [Re: Dodgem] #1665918 08/31/14 08:08 PM 08/31/14 08:08 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,929 NC 440Jim I Live Here
440Jim I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,929 NC	Quote: Since they are cap screws and not "bolt through with nuts" they should fall apart after screws are removed. They don't. The locating dowels around the bolts keep them together even without the bolts. But they do separate fairly easy with taps from a hammer as others have said.

Re: H-beam Rod question [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1665919 09/01/14 12:01 AM 09/01/14 12:01 AM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 5,399 Aurora, Colorado 451Mopar master
451Mopar master Joined: May 2008 Posts: 5,399 Aurora, Colorado	Quote: Loosen the cap screws and tap the screw heads while you hold the cap... on the crank just tap the screws after loosening them a couple turns But I did buy a cap splitter and rod vise too. I measure the rod ends with a dial bore gauge, so I need to torque the rod bolts in the rod vise, then after measuring the bearing size, I use the cap splitter for disasembly. If you are tring to use plastigauge, you will have to put it on the piston side of the rod bearing, not the cap side.

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