Life After Rod Knock

[FamilySHO]

My "92 with 138,000 just developed a knock/tick at between 2000 and 3500 RPM. I stopped driving it after I realized it might be a rod knocking (30 miles or so). Has anyone been able to simply replace the bearings after a rod knock? It seems to me that the knock is caused by the rod moving around and once this happens the crank will be scored.

Anybody?

 

[AREA 91]

Yup. The main thing is to measure your clearance on the rod big end. Also check that the bearings haven't scored the crank at all.

 

[warmonger]

Some have gotten away with new bearings..but not many

 

[jedhead]

I just swapped bearing after a rod knock 38K ago. Still ok even after many blasts to 8000rpm.

Bob

 

[FamilySHO]

Thanks for the input. Just curious, to those who were successful, was the crank scored in any way?