The invention discloses a piston rod machining process. The piston rod machining process comprises the working procedures of blank forging, annealing, rough turning, heat treatment quenching and tempering, semi-finish turning, ultrasonic flaw detection, central oil hole boring, key groove milling, pin hole drilling, stable tempering heat treatment, ceramic coating spraying, external grinding, nitriding heat treatment and Sic grinding wheel precision grinding. According to the piston rod machining process, physical characteristics of the surface of a piston rod are changed, and the piston is good in pressure loss resistance and corrosion resistance due to the ceramic coating spraying process added to the piston rod; through the follow-up nitriding heat treatment process, the surface hardness, fatigue resistance and abrasive resistance of the piston rod are improved, and therefore product quality is greatly improved, and production cost is lowered.