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September 20, 2009 10:35PM

The longer main rods advantage is it will have less angularity as it pushes and pulls against the pin on the driver, thus less friction (the rod rotates less on the crosshead pin) and a better mechanical advantage ( because of less angle ) against the driver pin. The disadvantage is the longer rod is heavier, thus the extra weight pounds against the bearing harder.

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#315 on the C&TS	Granflaten	September 16, 2009 11:22AM
Re: #315 on the C&TS	Granflaten	September 16, 2009 11:26AM
Re: #315 on the C&TS	Sam Seiber	September 16, 2009 03:49PM
Re: #315 on the C&TS	Russo Loco	September 16, 2009 07:22PM
Re: #315 on the C&TS	Granflaten	September 16, 2009 07:31PM
Re: #315 on the C&TS	Granflaten	September 17, 2009 06:06PM
Re: #315 on the C&TS	Russo Loco	September 18, 2009 10:06PM
Re: #315 on the C&TS	BillD	September 19, 2009 01:42PM
Re: #315 on the C&TS	Fred Folk	September 19, 2009 03:02PM
Re: #315 on the C&TS	Abqfoamer	September 20, 2009 12:37PM
Re: #315 on the C&TS	mesaman3000	September 20, 2009 09:26PM
Re: #315 on the C&TS	Anonymous User	September 20, 2009 10:35PM
Re: #315 on the C&TS	Russo Loco	September 21, 2009 09:30PM
Re: #315 on the C&TS	Festus	September 16, 2009 12:01PM
Re: #315 on the C&TS	chris king	September 16, 2009 01:20PM
Re: #315 on the C&TS	Granflaten	September 16, 2009 07:39PM
Re: #315 on the C&TS	chris king	September 18, 2009 03:27PM
Re: #315 on the C&TS	Tom Platten	September 17, 2009 08:59PM

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