[eschaider]

That's good news Brent. I am not FE stroker crank knowledgeable or familiar. The use of BBC rod bearings means the builder had the opportunity and presumably used the correct narrowed bearings. That takes the bearing width question off the table and we are back to looking for other potential gremlins.

In the other gremlins bucket, as you previously suggested, the side clearance appears to be quite small. While pictures can be deceiving, the two rod caps did look suspiciously close together. Of course there were no fasteners in the damaged rod. To the OP, it would be helpful to know what you set your rod side clearance to. If you are not the builder you can measure the side clearance with a set of feeler gauges.


Ed