I have been thinking of using arp hardware on my rods as cheap insurance against a spun rod bearing. I have noticed more than a few d17 owners have spun bearings and I don't want to become one. It must be the longer stroke of the d17.
How hard is it to do this on an older d series with the engine in the car? Would a shop be able to knock it out in a couple hours?

 

Good luck with them in the car.

Take out the rods and take them to a machine shop to have them pressed out and new ones pressed in.

I heard it's possible to press them in yourself but I doubt you can do the rods still in your block

 

i think he is talkin about rod bolts not wrist pins

 

haha.

take them out since youll want to replace the bearings too.

 

Take them out...

Replace the rings while your at it..

You have to take them out to have the rods resized anyhow. You can press the bolts in yourself, yet then you need to take them to a machine shop and have them resized

 

how do you plan on pressing bolts?

 

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Well, it's not like they're hard to get out.

 

I tapped mine out using a mallet and my hand holding the rod.. This is outside the motor now

 

I did it on an LS VTEC I was running a few years back. Was not a big deal; just dropped the pan.