i couldnt believe it... picked up my toyota 22r engine from my local machine shop, and all four of the rods have teeth marks from the vise in them... how can they be that stupid... im just lucky they are for a 4 banger... thats why i need to go diesel or outboard down here. lol

Wow that's bad, at least use the brass jaw inserts lol

At least they used a vice, the rest is trivial.

Now they are dimple rods.

what did they need to do to the rods?

this was supposed to be the best shop around!!!

torque the rod bolts....im not a pro but have alum, alum with rubber cushions, and lead inserts for my vise... these dudes down here are idiots when it comes to building engines...

they put my crank and main bearings in the block... i yanked out the crank found some metal shavings on the main cap shoulder next to the bearing... i even lent the moron a set of long brushes to ream and clean all the oil passages in the block... i dont even think they are equipped to set valve spring pressures down here..

send them a picture of a rod vice,maybe they have never seen one!

And they very well might be!

What do you wont, just remember where you live. They are not known for there machine shops.