Connecting rod lubrication recess

A method of manufacturing a piston, comprising:

• making a connecting rod, including:
• providing a connecting rod blank, where the connecting rod blank includes a crankshaft end and a piston pin end, and
• forming a crankshaft pin recess in the crankshaft end of the connecting rod blank, a piston pin recess in the piston pin end of the connecting rod blank, and at least one lubrication recess at an inner surface of the piston pin recess, wherein the at least one lubrication recess includes a outer profile having a final predetermined configuration;
• assembling the connecting rod to a piston, the connecting rod including the predetermined final configuration of the outer profile;
• and
• substantially defining the predetermined final configuration of the outer profile of the at least one lubrication recess during the forming of the lubrication recess step.

A connecting rod, comprising:

• a shaft extending between a piston pin end and a crankshaft pin end, the piston pin end defining a piston pin bore opening, wherein the piston pin end includes a front face and a rear face;
• a piston pin bore surface defined by the piston pin bore opening, the piston pin bore surface including a longitudinal surface extending between the front face of the piston pin and the rear face of the piston pin end;
• and
• at least one lubrication recess located at the piston pin bore surface, the lubrication recess extending through a portion of the longitudinal surface of the piston pin bore surface,
• wherein the at least one lubrication recess intersects one of the front face and the rear face of the piston pin end.