No.LOL! Are you talking about the alignment tang on the bearing?
That's the next connecting rod with the cap still on. There is supposed to be a crack there for assembly. That's how the cap comes off.
Yeah, what do I know. I just work with them day in, day out. Have my whole life. But please, do tell.
I don't think you're understanding the angle the picture was taken at.
If he said "snapped rod" I have no doubt.I don't think you're understanding the angle the picture was taken at.
I guess you're smarter than the mechanic who was hands-on with that motor and diagnosed it. And you did a better job over the internet. You, are aweseome.
My bad....just saw your forum handle. That explains it all.
That looks like the line where the big end cap bolts to the rod - you can see the rod bolt. The line however looks excessively wide, but we dont know if the mechanic had already loosened the cap bolts on that rod.
This is what I was trying to point out.
That does not look like a stress fracture to me. That looks like a loose cap.
As many connecting rods as I've resized in my lifetime... it looks normal. Unless it's a fracture-split rod the cap and rod casting lines don't ever match up.
Well, there you go. The factory-trained mechanic was wrong in his diagnosis, Ford was wrong in accepting the diagnosis, and Ford was wrong in performing a buyback for OP.As many connecting rods as I've resized in my lifetime... it looks normal. Unless it's a fracture-split rod the cap and rod casting lines don't ever match up.
for reference, a fracture-split connecting rod.
The Coyote does have fracture split rod caps, that's why I said the crack looks excessive.
I still think it's a shadow in the fracture line playing tricks, but if not, somebody put the wrong cap on the rod.
Like I mentioned earlier, the mechanic could have loosened the cap bolts getting it ready to remove the cap like he did on the other rod next to it.