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Connecting Rod: Description and Operation


Connecting Rods



the MINI COOPER S connecting Rods are manufactured from forged steel to provide additional strength and are fractured.
the big end bearings are of a conventional plain shell design with oil supplied from a hole in the crankshaft.

Note on fracture process.

Fracture Process:





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