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Old 11-24-2018, 09:53 AM   #32
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Default Re: More flathead questions.

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Originally Posted by Licensed to kill View Post
What do you mean by "completely redone"??
Used rods need to be checked for straightness, have the pin bushings checked and potentially replaced, have the big-ends checked and maybe the caps machined and resized, honed, etc.. Shot-peened maybe . . . All in all, can easily be a couple hundred $$$. And - if they are full-floater rods, then creating a mirrored finish is critical - and most don't get this, nor know how to even do it.

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