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Connecting Rod: Description and Operation

Fig. 2 Piston & connecting rod assembly:





The forged steel connecting rods use bronze piston pin bushings to provide maximum durability. An oil cooling hole drilled in the rod aligns once per revolution with the connecting rod feed oil hole, Fig. 2, to provide the piston cooling necessitated by the engine's high specific output.