OK guys, I was so impressed with this story I ran it past Terry..
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Terence Haines wrote:
> The crank whip has more chance of affecting rod ends Vs mains,9 out of
> 10 that I've torn down usually have the adjacent main scored aswell.To
> run 4 at once is unusual,The rods have never given me any problems...I
> think the failure goes like this....crank whips....bearings start to
> pick up some of the soft bearing material....it blocks the rod oil feed
> hole in the crank...bearing starts to overheat...picks up....tears out
> 'tags' in rod & rips up inside of rod end/cap....never had a main 'spin'
> only score the bearing & crank...if it did the block would be shot as
> the main bearing 'girdle' take all the main bearing caps and is
> mated/m-c as an assy with the block.TH"
So it sounds like since adjacent mains typically have scoring, Horse's situation may be somewhat different than the norm...
