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11-10-2015, 10:21 AM | #1 |
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Another myth put out to pasture
I am in the process of building a 258" engine for my "t" tub. I had two crankshafts that had been stored on the floor on their sides wrapped in plastic for at least 20 years. I took them both to the machine shop to be checked and have the best one prepped to use. It turned out that the were both good, so we decided to use the one that looked the best, which cleaned up at .010-.020. Knowing that there is some controversy about storing crankshafts, I asked the machinist to check them both for run-out. He said both were less than .003, and in any event, turning them .010 or more would render even that small amount of no consequence.
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11-10-2015, 10:44 AM | #2 |
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Good to know.
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11-10-2015, 10:55 AM | #3 |
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Re: Another myth put out to pasture
How does this put the myth to rest? If properly stored they should have no run out. I wouldn't be happy checking for run out on a shaft of any type and finding .003.
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Very good point indeed! Your perspective is apparently one from an educated background in metals and / or metal working.
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11-10-2015, 11:10 AM | #6 |
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11-10-2015, 11:40 AM | #7 |
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Hey Tub it didn't take long did it!!
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11-10-2015, 12:21 PM | #9 |
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Yes and our machine shop stored shafts to be ground even for short periods either hung up vertically or supported horizontially. Someone besides me thought this was important enough as some of the storage racks were from the 20's and 30's.
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11-10-2015, 01:15 PM | #10 |
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So if this myth were to be true, then when hanging a crank by the front counterweight the crank is going to stretch, what with 80% or more the of crank's weight suspended off-center (2 inches off-center in the case of a Merc crank)!
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11-10-2015, 01:17 PM | #11 |
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You don't think that maybe hanging cranks vertically is just the best way to utilize storage space?
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11-10-2015, 01:36 PM | #12 |
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So if you store it on end without hanging, will it compress over time?
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11-10-2015, 01:45 PM | #13 |
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If you hang them for a long enough time, you can use them in V-12s...
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11-10-2015, 03:10 PM | #18 |
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But nobody knows how much runout they had when put into storage 20 years ago. Was it 0.000, 0.003, 0.006? Without knowing that it isn't possible to say anything about this "experiment".
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11-10-2015, 03:25 PM | #19 |
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Hi all; I had 3 merc cranks verticaly stored by leaning against the wall in '96. I was outside my shop going to work ,at about 5:30 am, and our 'spring break quake' hit, a 5.6 er. My shop sounded like a Sunday church call to services! Ding-dong-ding, One crank is cracked BAD, and I never checked the other two. You can't always win.. Newc
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11-10-2015, 04:09 PM | #20 |
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Even if you hang it from the center bolt, the load of the crank's weight is still 2 inches off-center (in the example of a Merc crank). So if the myth is correct, you will still end up with a distorted crank!
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