jacksonrw

has anyone ever pulled a rod from the oil pan side without having to remove the piston?

yeah you bet I am trying to avoid pulling EVERYTHING to get this rogue rod out of my engine
Thanks
nothing nice about finding a shredded bearing in my oil pan with only one hour on a newly rebuilt engine...yep i did it myself

Ski

I think your wording is bad; are you talking about a doing a rod bearing?

jacksonrw

I know my wording on this really sucked sorry

but i want to pull the rod out by pulling the c clip and pin holding the rod on the piston. Can i do this in anyway without pulling the piston>

If i need to pull the piston I have to remove the head...I was hoping the shortcut would work. not sure if the pin will clear eother side with the piston still in the cylinder

jacksonrw

i am convinced the rod is off and wrong so I have to remove it

2bridges

??? good luck man

jacksonrw

thanks buddy
I was hoping to find someone who could support my thought or shoot it down though

Chris Prack

I can't see how this would be possible. You won't be able to get the piston down in the bore far enough to remove the circlip.

jacksonrw

yep 2 issues circlip and the pin
do you think the pin would clear if somehow I can do a surgical procedure in removing the circlip

Chris Prack

No. The piston skirt will hit the crank webing.

jacksonrw

oh I do plan to remove the crank and then try to remove the rod caps and then rods...i am hoping to leave the pistons in the cylinders
a mechanic buddy told me to try but I am skeptical

it would just save me 4-6 hours on the bench not having to remover the fuel injectors, cam. head,,, but i have done it WAY too many times already so doing it again shouldn't be a big deal

Chris Prack

It won't matter what you remove unless it's the cylinder head. They will not come out the bottom.

Sorry.

jacksonrw

that's what I thought....i should remove everything anyways to inspect the cylinders....just in case i screwed that up when I spun #1

any ideas why number one bearing would blow on me?

FRporscheman

It is possible on the 968 but AFAIK not on the 944, sorry.

I don't know why #1 would fail.

DDP

To remove the connecting rod from the piston you must pull the piston pin all the way out the side of the piston, meaning you'd have to go through the cylinder wall because you can't lower the piston enough (base of the cylinder is too narrow). I can't see that happening on a 968 motor either, although I've never had my hands on one.

FRporscheman

I have not tried it myself, but I will be in a few months when I put in the 951 rods.

This guy said it's possible so I'm just quoting him:
http://www.944968.com/
under 968 CS -> turboconverion -> 3rd paragraph