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zedbyers · 05-31-2015, 05:22 PM

on larger (non-automotive) engines, you have jacking gear to turn them over slowly after they have been sitting for a while to remove any distortion from gravity, and this is a crank that is supported. no doubt in my mind that same doesn't happen to an unsupported one. the question becomes what is tolerable. may never even notice it? i can't answer that. but i have to believe that there is measurable change there. if it were a 9000 rpm racing engine, there is probably something to be worried about. these engines, maybe not.

05-31-2015, 05:22 PM	#9
zedbyers Junior Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: ME/FL Posts: 21	Re: Gravity bends a crank? on larger (non-automotive) engines, you have jacking gear to turn them over slowly after they have been sitting for a while to remove any distortion from gravity, and this is a crank that is supported. no doubt in my mind that same doesn't happen to an unsupported one. the question becomes what is tolerable. may never even notice it? i can't answer that. but i have to believe that there is measurable change there. if it were a 9000 rpm racing engine, there is probably something to be worried about. these engines, maybe not.