{"id":5581,"date":"2025-11-25T09:18:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=5581"},"modified":"2025-11-25T09:18:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:18:57","slug":"balancing-engine-pistons-and-rods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=5581","title":{"rendered":"Balancing engine pistons and rods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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On to balancing the pistons. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to balance the pistons and rods separately. I had to send them out for the rods to be removed from the original pistons and the the new pistons ‘hung’ on the rods. I didn’t want to mess with them and ruin a piston in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I did weight all the pistons before they went to R&D to be hung on the original rods. This won’t be a professional balance by any means, but at least the pistons will be about the same weight and the piston\/rod weight will be also about the same. I’ve sealed off the wrist pins as best I can to prevent any fine filings from lodging between the piston and its pin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The recommended p rocedure is to remove metal from the pin bosses. With the pins in place I didn’t want to grind near them so I removed what I needed from the outside bottom surface and any adjoining casting ridges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once the piston difference was evened out I removed the remaining weight from the total piston\/rod combination from the metal blob on the end rod cap. For example if the total weight was 1309 grams which was 7 grams heavier than the lightest piston\/rod weight and the piston was 3 grams heavier than the lightest piston I first removed the 3 grams from the piston and then took the remaining 4 grams from the the rod cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a couple of hours I had them all done. They all are now about 1302 grams each. My scale only goes to rounded grams. I could have done better with a scale that showed a couple of decimals. Even so this should help the engine run smoother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next: Getting the pistons in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On to balancing the pistons. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to balance the pistons and rods separately. I had to send them out for the rods to be removed from the original pistons and the the new pistons ‘hung’ on the rods. I didn’t want to mess with them and ruin a piston in the process. … <\/p>\n

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