If the crankshaft is grooved then your friend is right.
If the bearing spun in the rod. Then you need to replace the connecting rod.
chances are it just pounded the hollow pin up in the rod. i'm thinking you're committed to pulling the head and removing the connecting rod.
You may be able to pull the piston down and out through the inspection port.
It will be tricky to squeeze the rings to slip it back in but I know it can be done on a D2!
I have some used d315 connecting rods
Oh great I think I'm interested in one of those then , thank you. There are no grooves worn into the crank as far as I can tell with my fingernail. But trying to pull the piston down and out through the side cover may be pretty tight- and yeah getting it back in- it was hard enough to get the rear cotter pin out by "feeling" for it with a pair of needle nose on the backside of the bearing cap haha..
You will at the least be in for a crank grind.
Our channel highlights machines from the earliest Holt and Best track-type tractors, equipment from the start of Caterpillar in 1925, up to units built in the mid-1960s.
Chapter Two
| Highacres Farm, Dewey Lane, Brackenfield, Derbyshire DE55 6DB, UKChapter Nineteen
| 2 Winkleigh Rd, Exeter TAS 7275
Antique Caterpillar
Machinery Owners Club
1115 Madison St NE # 1117
Salem, OR 97301
Terms & Privacy
Website developed by
AdCo
"I also joined a year ago. had been on here a couple of times as a non-member and found the info very helpful so I got a one year subscription (not very expensive at all) to try it out. I really like all the resources on here so I just got a three year. I think its a very small price for what you can get out of this site."
-Jason N