CONNECTING RODS

GROUP MEMBERS:
JAVERIA VICEROY IM-004
OSAMA IM-005
SAMIA BAIG IM-056

CONNECTING
RODS:
A connecting rod is an engine

component .
In a reciprocating piston engine, the
connecting rod connects the piston to
the crankshaft .
It converts reciprocating motion into
rotary motion.
The connecting rod moves in both a
rotating (big end) and reciprocating
(small end) motion

Its primary function is to transmit the push

and pull from the piston pin to the crankpin

and thus convert reciprocating motion of the
piston into rotary motion of the crank.

The connecting rod is designed to

be as light as possible, but still

have needed the required strength.
Under normal cylinder pressures a
connecting rod has to transmit as
much as 10,000 pounds of force
from the piston to the crankshaft.
Connecting rods are used in
numerous situations, most
commonly in the engines of
automobiles.
The purpose of a connection rod is

 Connection rods are widely used in

vehicles that are powered by internal

combustion engines.
All cars and trucks that use this type of
engine employ the use of connecting
rods.
Farm equipment like tractors and
combines also use connecting rods.
Even construction equipment like
bulldozers use internal combustion
engines, thus requiring connecting rods.

CONNECTING ROD MAIN

ELEMENTS
Small end
Rod shank
Gudgeon pin
Large end
Crankpin bearing

The small end attaches to the piston pin,

gudgeon pin or wrist pin, which is currently most

often press fit into the connecting rod but can
swivel in the piston, a "floating wrist pin" design.
The big end connects to the bearing journal on
the crank throw, in most engines running on
replaceable bearing shells accessible via the
connecting rod bolts which hold the bearing "cap"
onto the big end.
Typically there is a pinhole bored through the
bearing and the big end of the connecting rod so
that pressurized lubricating motor oil squirts out
onto the thrust side of the cylinder wall to lubricate
the travel of the pistons and piston rings.

Most small two-stroke engines and some

single cylinder four-stroke engines avoid

the need for a pumped lubrication system
by using a rolling-element bearing instead,
however this requires the crankshaft to be
pressed apart and then back together in
order to replace a connecting rod.

MATERIAL
Cast iron
Forged steel most common
Aluminum not for street use
Titanium
Plastic
Powdered metal (PM)