OEM Dodge Intrepid Rod Bearing

Dodge Intrepid Rod Bearing Parts and Q&A

• Bearings
  68000512AB
  Q: What Precautions Are Essential for Proper Rod Bearing Installation to Prevent Engine Damage on Dodge Intrepid?

  A:

  Place all the connecting rods on one bank at a time, ensuring you mark the caps which are not interchangeable, before removing them for correct assembly. Make sure not to harm the fractured rod and cap joint face so you won't damage the engine. Push the bearing shells on the rods and caps, with the tangs inserted into the necessary machined grooves, making sure the upper bearing hole faces the oil squirt hole in the rod, then place the cap so that the same side as the rod holds the tangs. The upper bearing sleeve needs to fit into the hole in the connecting rod for the engine to be safe. No crankshaft journal should be taper-limited or out-of-round any more than 0.015 mm (0.0006 in.) and bearings can be purchased in 0.025 mm (0.001 in.) or 0.250 mm (0.010 in.) undersize. Limit your installation to mixing sealed pairs of bearings, ensure each pair is the same and do not modify the rods or bearing caps. To determine Main Bearing Clearance and Connecting Rod Bearing Clearance, place plastigage on the bearings and check the real-world specifications. Check the bolts in the connecting rod bearing cap; if stretching has made the thread narrower at its end, periodically replace them. The connecting rod bolts are fitted into the rod cap very lightly; removing them requires gently striking them from the rod cap with a hammer and punch, so as not to harm the broken cap. Put a scale or straight edge against the threads of your connecting rod bolts; if not all threads are in contact, replace the bolt. Oil the threads with engine oil first, install the bolts a little bit finger tight and reverse the order of tightening the nuts as you install them to assemble the cap correctly. A dial indicator should be mounted at a fixed position on the engine, placed perpendicular to the connecting rod cap being checked and moved backward. No reading should be shown when the dial is zeroed. Meet with the specifications set for the connecting rod by doing the same process until every rod is done.
• Connecting Rod Bearing
  4626657AD
  Q: How Are Rod Bearings Properly Serviced and Repaired on Dodge Intrepid?

  A:

  For bearing service and repair, use the usual routine that covers machining and fitting needed for an engine overhaul, involving the cylinder block, cylinder bore, connecting rod and bearings, Crankshaft and bearings, valve train elements, changing the oil and fitting Pistons and rings. Assembling and disassembling the unit's subassemblies involves service for the cylinder head, the cylinder block, hydraulic tappets if present, oil pump and valves. Procedures focused on cleaning and inspection include the cylinder head, the cylinder block, the Camshaft and its journals, the crankshaft and its journals, intake and Exhaust Manifolds and components of the valve train. If no separate procedure is listed for a particular internal engine part, it means the manufacturer did not supply one.