Rb25 Vs 26 Rods

[OFENSV]

has anybody have a picture of a standard rb25 rod they can post for me. reason being as i recently sold the standrd rods from my rb26 and the person has emailed me saying their mechanic is sayig they are rb25 not rb26 rods where i know for a fact they came out of my rb26. just want picture of the 2 to send to the person and compare. What visual difference is there between the 2. Anyones help would be appreciated.

Cheers, scott

here are pics of the rods that came out of my rb26

Edited March 8, 2007 by OFENSV

[The Mafia]

hey mate, I got a set of GTR rods and pistons and they looks exactly like that.

So I'm pretty sure you are safe.

[OFENSV]

cheers, dont know what mechanic he took them to but i said take them to another one who knows what they are on bout.

[Abo Bob]

Yeah rb25 rods are much thinner than that.

[bigcarl]

my gtr rods had this stamped on them 20-3<>05u41-1 and im pretty sure my stock rb25det rods had stamped on them 24-4<>05u41-2. does this help? i have photos with them side by side. if you would like the pics just pm me your email address and i will send them to you.

[The Mafia]

can you send me pics? paceys[at]gmail.com

[OFENSV]

my gtr rods had this stamped on them 20-3<>05u41-1 and im pretty sure my stock rb25det rods had stamped on them 24-4<>05u41-2. does this help? i have photos with them side by side. if you would like the pics just pm me your email address and i will send them to you.

is that pic you sent me all rb25 rods? i cant tell the difference between them and 26 rods.

[TSL]

I found a couple of pics but they are not the best.

rb25 rods - blurry pic

rb25 rod

Well i don't know if they help but regardless the pic you have shown is clearly of rb26 rods.

They are much thicker where the beam tapers into the big end and there is more material around the bolt holes.

If you compare the pics of the rb25 and rb26 rods you can clearly see the rb26 rod beams start to taper out wider closer to the little end than the rb25 rods. Using the protrusion on the side of the beams as a reference.

It's a shame you have to defend yourself against the word of an obviously incompetent "mechanic"

[SECURITY]

those rods are 100% GTR rods. the reason why he would've gotten confused is that the big end bearing sizes are the same part number between the rb25 and 26 rods. but rb26 rods are definitely meatier.

[OFENSV]

cheers guys, hopefuly i dont hear back from him but if i do i can show him the picture of the rb25 rods to compare

[SECURITY]

here you go mate

[OFENSV]

here you go mate

thanks, i recieved an email the otherday from him saying he had taken them to another mechanic who confirmed they were RB26 rods and the guy showed him a 25 rod to compare the difference. He said the second machanic couldnt believe that the first mechanic said they were rb25 rods. Ohwel all good and sorted now:)