198 slant six con rods

Charrlie_S said

Didn't inspect the rods, after I got them. They actually screwed up 2 sets. One set didn't have the caps matched to the rods, and the parting lines have a step.
The other set they resized the big end, and them installed the ARP studs. The slightly larger shank of the ARP bolt, slightly "pushed" the bolt hole into the big end, deforming it. Another shop, said, he thinks he can save these rods, but the first set are garbage.
So, still looking for a set of rods.

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The oe rods had a salvage processs, brazing on copper to build up then machine back to size the big ends if they were machined oversized.
That maybe a way to fix the rods that had the caps out of order, basically get the caps back right, braise up the large diameter and re cut to size.
For the rods that have the bolt hole issue, the rods are steel, a good welder should be able to MIG in the defect, and then again re cut the flats to size.
The MS that goofed these should be footing the bill.