Dc case rods

a dalton · Jul 13, 2015

I am wanting to change the rods in my dc puller in order to get away from the Babbitt bearing do any of yall know of another rod that will fit my crank or did any of the late model dc's have bearings or were they all Babbitt I don't mind to cut an weld them thanks for any help it is much appreciated

jal-SD · Jul 14, 2015

The '53 DC my brother-in-law had was still babbitt. Never saw the inside of a '54, but was probably still babbitt and shims. (My $0.02 worth. jal-SD)

mEl · Jul 14, 2015

(reply to post at 13:45:42 07/13/15)

A, what are you worried about the babbit for? I used them in a super stock DC with a turbo running 3rd gear with D sprockets for several years and never lost the babbit on a rod or loosened a main up. We were running extremely high RPMs for a DC and YES, we did have a steel flywheel made for it with a 3/8 X 6" wide steel band wrapped around the clutch housing.

You would be better to be concerned about ripping the rear main saddle out of the block! That is the weak point of the DC for serious power. Anything over 75 HP needs support in the block and requires some ingenuity.

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