Fig. 2335.
In this form of rod end, as in many other solid-ended rods, the flange or collar of the crank pin, if solid with the pin, requires to pass through the opening in the rod end which receives the brasses. This may be accomplished by making that opening large or wide enough to pass over the crank-pin collar (which will increase the width of the brasses, and hence that of the rod end); or else the crank-pin collar may have two flat places filed on it, as in the end view shown in [Fig. 2335]. The objection to this plan is that the rod can only be taken on and off in one position of the engine; that is, when the two flat places a and b, [Fig. 2335], stand parallel with the length of the rod.
Fig. 2336.
Fig. 2337.