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cstreu1026
03-15-2011, 10:23 AM
I am looking for a broken metal part for a school project my wife has to do. A connecting rod would be perfect but some other smaller and easily managable part would work as well. I need to have all the pieces so it can be examined using a scanning electron microscope to determine how the metal failed.

thecollector
03-16-2011, 11:57 AM
I've got a 4 banger out of a civic w/ catastrophic failure, I pm ya when I get it pulled.

facemelter71
03-16-2011, 12:15 PM
Got a connecting rod out of my saturn,but it didnt break. The bearing let go and it beat itself into the head.

mustangboy
03-16-2011, 12:25 PM
Cam I have rocker arm that broke. It did not come completely apart but there is a good clean break. BTW it is aluminum and here is a pic

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4771940664_bc6e4d6798_z.jpg (http://www.stangbangerz.com/forums/http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4771940664_bc6e4d6798_z.jpg%20IMG_0850%20by%20must angboy429,%20on%20Flickr) IMG_0850 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/11756743@N02/4771940664/) by mustangboy429 (http://www.flickr.com/people/11756743@N02/), on Flickr

cstreu1026
03-16-2011, 02:26 PM
Kenny I think that would be perfect. I will show the picture to my wife tonight to make sure then I will just have to figure how to get it from you.