arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 2m 18d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 17/12/16 12:14 PM Share Posted 17/12/16 12:14 PM If the crank is factory ford it will be nodular iron. How did you smooth the crank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhouston Donating Members 153 Member For: 15y 8m 6d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 17/12/16 12:28 PM Author Share Posted 17/12/16 12:28 PM I didn't smooth the crank. The material has only been removed from the crank and no high bits were left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 2m 18d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 17/12/16 01:01 PM Share Posted 17/12/16 01:01 PM OH dear, so the image shows all VOIDS. There is very little chance it wont loosen again. Realistically the crank needs machining or replacing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhouston Donating Members 153 Member For: 15y 8m 6d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 17/12/16 01:03 PM Author Share Posted 17/12/16 01:03 PM Yep that's right. That is why I'm going to pull the gearbox back off after a short time and check it all again. Unless there is a way to machine a crank on the car!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Trust me bro... Gold Donating Members 16,054 Member For: 9y 11m 16d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 17/12/16 01:41 PM Share Posted 17/12/16 01:41 PM Hell you might get lucky and it stays tight but I'm with arronm on this one. Do you really want to be pulling the gearbox out and the clutch off all the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,137 Member For: 16y 9m 4d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 17/12/16 01:45 PM Share Posted 17/12/16 01:45 PM I'd like to know if it's possible to clean up the end of a crank while it's in the car... I think it's easier to pull the gearbox off 20 times than it is to pull a crank out of a motor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 2m 18d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 17/12/16 02:01 PM Share Posted 17/12/16 02:01 PM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhouston Donating Members 153 Member For: 15y 8m 6d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 17/12/16 02:05 PM Author Share Posted 17/12/16 02:05 PM 18 minutes ago, k31th said: I'd like to know if it's possible to clean up the end of a crank while it's in the car... I think it's easier to pull the gearbox off 20 times than it is to pull a crank out of a motor There are flange refacing tools available. It's just getting hold of one that's the hard part. The crank is definitely not a throwaway item, it can be repaired, but doing it while in the car is tricky without the right tool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Trust me bro... Gold Donating Members 16,054 Member For: 9y 11m 16d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 17/12/16 02:21 PM Share Posted 17/12/16 02:21 PM 20 my shiny metal ass. Something something do it right the first time. But hey each to their own. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 22d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 17/12/16 03:10 PM Share Posted 17/12/16 03:10 PM It's doable, but that level of damage would need very careful measuring to establish the correct hieght before machining/facing to remove the damage and would like need some form of spacer to restore the correct spacing for the flywheel to stater and clutch release mechanism. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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