Sooo....with the P&C's off to do a simple bump up in CR with thinner shims, I
contemplated going ahead to crack the case and replace the main & rod
bearings since I was this far along. Well, lo and behold, as I got the
crank out it looked like one of my gray hairs had fallen down on the
journal.....wait a minute, there's another one---OMG, there's cracks on
this thing!! Take a look at the pics--surprising that the thing didn't
let go completely! I didn't even need a magnaflux...could see them with
the naked eye--I put a bit of white paint on & rubbed it off to
highlight the cracks for the pics.....ain't this a hoot?
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The nice thing about those welded cranks is that you can always predict this will happen.
Make sure you get a NEW one and not a rebuilt one.
Man that's a rough beat...but it could have been a lot worse down the road.
I knew a guy years ago (not a bullshit guy either) who said he was still running a type 1 case that had never been split with 225K miles, top end rebuilt twice with no problems. So I thought I could get possibly get away with a top end rebuild when needed.
This thread makes me think twice...unless you know exactly what's in there after 35 years.
Good info! makes me think twice about my next rebuild.
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Yikes! What crank is that?
Detonation can lead to this.. It is perfectly in line with the other modes of failure that your engine has exhibited. Not saying that's the only thing that leads to this, but it is a serious contributor. The tuning issues tht plagued the car when you bought it could have been impacting the crank even before you bought the car.
We have used and sold north of 1200 of these crankshafts. Of those 2 have failed and two more have had cracks form that were caught before they failed completely.
I'd like to see this one and try to force it to break to see where the weakest spot actually is.
I bet he'd sell it to you
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