Big end housings that no longer conform to OEM specifications are resized to provide extended service life of the component. All resized big ends are bored to within 0.05 mm of final size and then honed to final size.

All resized big ends are bored to within 0.05 mm of final size and then honed to final size.

Where small end bushes no longer conform to OEM specification, these are replaced using specialized tooling. Once the bush is fitted, it is machined to final size maintaining conrod centre to centre length and maintaining the parallel alignment of the small end to big end bores.

Metric Automotive Engineering, one of South Africa’s most comprehensively equipped diesel engine and component re-manufacturers, is the distributor of IPD engine parts.