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DBSHELTON · 06-14-2020, 11:02 AM

This is kinda new to me. I am doing both the engine in my Huckster and a spare engine that I have. The spare engine has the chewed up nuts that look original. All rods were .001 to .0015 so I left clearance as is. I only replaced the nuts with new nuts and cotter pins from either Bert's or Snyder's (Cat't remember). The Huckster engine clearance was .002 to .003 so I went ahead and took out shims to get to .001 to .0015. It has a longer castellated nut that looks much more substantial than the stock nuts so I reused them.
All the rod babbits look great in both engines.
Next I will tackle the mains.
BTW spare engine oil pan had no sludge the Huckster had very little sludge. I think that is a good thing.

06-14-2020, 11:02 AM	#3
DBSHELTON Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Kountze,TX Posts: 313	Re: Con Rod Nuts This is kinda new to me. I am doing both the engine in my Huckster and a spare engine that I have. The spare engine has the chewed up nuts that look original. All rods were .001 to .0015 so I left clearance as is. I only replaced the nuts with new nuts and cotter pins from either Bert's or Snyder's (Cat't remember). The Huckster engine clearance was .002 to .003 so I went ahead and took out shims to get to .001 to .0015. It has a longer castellated nut that looks much more substantial than the stock nuts so I reused them. All the rod babbits look great in both engines. Next I will tackle the mains. BTW spare engine oil pan had no sludge the Huckster had very little sludge. I think that is a good thing. Last edited by DBSHELTON; 06-14-2020 at 11:08 AM.