The invention discloses a selecting method of a primary positioning reference of an engine connecting rod. The method comprises the following steps of firstly, selecting the upper end surfaces and the lower end surfaces of head holes as first positioning references, and respectively selecting a
small head hole and the outer side as a second positioning reference and a third positioning reference; roughly
grinding the upper end surfaces and the lower end surfaces, adopting a mutual reference method to process, and meanwhile during drilling and rough boring of the
small head hole, selecting the end surfaces of the
small head hole and the contour of a small head as reference surfaces; during finishing operation, adopting a uniform reference method to process,
processing the small head hole by taking the end surfaces of a
large head hole and the small head hole and the outer side surface of a
large head as the uniform precise references, and
grinding the upper end surface and the lower surface of the small head hole by taking the upper end surface and the lower surface of the small head hole as the precise references; and selecting the size, direction and action points of clamping force, wherein the direction of the clamping force faces the main positioning surface and the end surfaces of the
large head and the small head. The method has the beneficial effects that the stability and easy speed adjusting in the linear movement are realized, the running precision of a
machine is favorably improved, and the service life of the
machine is prolonged; and meanwhile, the convenient and flexible arrangement is favorably realized according to requirements, the operation
controllability is improved, and the labor strength is reduced.