Talk:Crankpin

hi every1 you can call me stupid but where can i find the crank sensors on my 1998 vauxhall vectra. I have done the paperclip test and ive got the code 0335 i just hope i have not damaged the crankshaft as when i was in blackpool the other weekend i mounted an unexpected kerb with sum speed!!!!!!!!!
 * Hitting a curb will not damage the crankshaft. --67.175.147.74 22:37, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

"In a V engine each crankpin usually serves two cylinders, one in each cylinder bank." The term 'usually' is quite arguable: I'd say that over the past 50 or 60 years, american V8 and V6 production has produced many hundreds of millions of 'unshared crankpin' V type engines, which quantity amounts to the more prevalent condition (versus a few thousand marine/industrial designs).mmmmna (talk) 00:08, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

I read this article to find out what a "big end" is. The article unfortuately fails to define this, even though it discusses big end throughout. Please insert a definition and an arrow on the figure showing it. Please define "little end" in comparison. Thank you.Hambleton (talk) 03:27, 20 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Hello. The "big end" is the part of the connecting rod (i.e. the hole in it) that connects to the crankshaft (i.e. that the crank shaft goes through). The "little end" is the part of the connecting rod that connects to the gudgeon pin inside the piston. I thought this was clear enough from the article. Perhaps it has been changed sufficiently between 2012 and 2020. --213.46.223.174 (talk) 22:15, 25 August 2020 (UTC)