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Crankshaft damage

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1995gsxawd

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Aug 23, 2009
North Vernon, Indiana
I was in the process of putting my crank and such on this short block, when i noticed my crank didnt look right. Im going to try to upload some pics and describe Why i got arrows pointing at certain things.

Picture 1: This picture looks normal I have arrows pointing to two humps in the crank which i will refer to in the next picture. Also this is one side of the crank i will roll it for the other side.

Picture 2: The red arrows point to a different set of humps but look very worn out or rubbed down by something. The blue arrow points to a hole that looks to be worn on the left hand side next to the arrow point.

Picture 3: The red arrows in this picture show more holes that have been rubbed down on all the left sides. and by left i mean the crankshaft pulley is on the far left and the flywheel is on the far right.

Picture 4: This time the arrows point to something that appears to be cut off

Any help with what in the world could have happened to this crank or just a simple explanation of what you think happened in each picture would be awesome! Im Pretty sure this crank is ruined. I'm just happy i caught it before i torqued it all together ha ha! If anyone has a crank thats good and is willing to sell it pm me. Id rather buy one off another dsmer than somewhere else. I read this thing three times to make sure my grammar is good. Pardon me if i misspell some things :p
 

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Crank are generally cut out in places to balance them, however I've never seen them like that. This this crank come out of your current car or did you buy another block with this in it?
 
This is the crank that came out of the car.

Im taking it to get it looked at today. Maybe this will get me somewhere!

Well i took it to a shop and He said it was rebalanced and he person who did it did a terrible job at it. He said it was balanced so its all good.
 
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