ORIGINAL: w8ye
Zombie, Whoever wrote that piece in your club news letter ...
Not my club, W8ye. I'm many miles from it.
You're absolutely right that the chamfer/bevel on the rod needs to face the crank - which would be forward. But this discussion did get me to wondering a bit. So, I called Saito Service at Horizon Hobbies. Their advice is to disregard the dot completely and go by the chamfer/bevel on the rod. Seems there were rods marked both ways - which were used and sent out in assembled engines. No mention of how many.
So, it is possible to see the dot facing either way when correctly assembled.
Glad to learn this little piece of knowledge.
Regarding the pictures above - it does look like he may have the chamfer/bevel facing the wrong way. [sm=lol.gif]