ORIGINAL: earlwb
well, anything man has made can be remade. So if the rod is too loose or worn, you can have it re-bushed or bushed and reamed back into spec. You can also make a new rod too. But check the wrist pin, as it might be worn and not the rod per se. The other thought is to make a slightly different size wrist pin to match the rod too.
I took a look at he crank pin and measured it with my calipers. Not the most accurate but the pin appears to be round and not tapered. I was expecting to find some out-of-roundness in the crank pin. A new bushing certainly could be made but is it worth the trouble??? I have a small lathe and could do it but a new ring and having the sleeve hard chromed would put me at almost 2/3 cost of a new ST 60 with the same if not more power than the Webra 61. AND, the Webra needs new bearings so now the cost is very close to a new engine. I'm not sure what to do???
