Originally Posted by
irocbsa
Wow, sorry to hear about your bad luck. That is quite the extreme failure.
considering how light the metal is in those roller bearings, big end and small end, they look like its only a matter of time before they let loose. Once they do, its the loose bits of metal that do all the damage. These are the only engines I've worked on, perhaps the roller bearings are similar in all engines, they look like they are definitely a weak point.