crankwalk options?

[SkinnyBAM]

Hey I just bought a 2g gs-t that was donated to a charity to sell. I dont have the car in possession right now so I cant inspect it but I am a little worried that the reason the car was donated was because crankwalk has occured.

If this is the case what can i do to fix it and how much is it going to cost me?

 

[Game Over]

Motor swap. Either a used 7 bolt, or do a 6 bolt swap. Are you doing the swap yourself, or having a shop do it?

 

[SkinnyBAM]

i dont think i would trust myself to do the swap so probably a shop.

 

[timm98gst]

cost me $1300 to have mine installed - my evo3 engine was $1700 but i'm sure you can find another 7 bolt or a 6 bolt much cheaper

 

[SkinnyBAM]

holy shit....if you catch it early enough cant they just replace the crankshaft and the bearings?

 

[timm98gst]

it's possible but still a lot of labor - what makes you think it's crankwalk anyways? could be something simpler - what problems are you noticing?

 

[SkinnyBAM]

I dont have the car yet,im still waiting for the payment to clear the only reason im suspicious is because the car was donated to the auction and look like it was abandoned, It wasnt even washed before being sold. I got it for a pretty good price but I didnt realize how much crank walkwould cost me or I would have been more hesitant on buying it.

But theres nothing i can do about it now, shes mine as soon as the payment clears

 

[Drift_SM]

how many miles are on it...do you know?

 

[SkinnyBAM]

It says 100,000 but it may be more

 

[Drift_SM]

It says 100,000 but it may be more

well 100k miles is a lil early for crank walk, but then again I've herd people getting it with 30,000 miles.

like above it might not be crank walk....if it was they wouldn't sell it even in an auction.

most likely its something else...maybe the car was repoed and then donated or maybe stolen and got trashed a bit. so the owner donated it. could be other engine internal problems. crank walk should be the least of worries, who know this car could turn out to be a charm.

best of luck...keep me posted.

 

[SkinnyBAM]

well 100k miles is a lil early for crank walk, but then again I've herd people getting it with 30,000 miles.

like above it might not be crank walk....if it was they wouldn't sell it even in an auction.

most likely its something else...maybe the car was repoed and then donated or maybe stolen and got trashed a bit. so the owner donated it. could be other engine internal problems. crank walk should be the least of worries, who know this car could turn out to be a charm.

best of luck...keep me posted.

Well it was an ebay auction haha. The company that sold it is a non-profit organization, all their sales goes towards their charities. I should get the car by the end of this week, ill let you guys know, and im sure ill have questions.

 

[DSMstatus]

all you gotta do is drop the oil pan and change the crankshaft thrust bearing every 15,000 miles, this is the advice of my uncle who is a mitsu senior tech. im gonna change mine pretty soon just for the hell of it.

 

[PieEyedPiper]

all you gotta do is drop the oil pan and change the crankshaft thrust bearing every 15,000 miles, this is the advice of my uncle who is a mitsu senior tech. im gonna change mine pretty soon just for the hell of it.

how easy is that to do? is there a guide to doing it?

 

[DSMstatus]

its pretty self explainatory, i havent done it yet but you just drop the oil pan and unbolt the crank and take out the old one and put in the new one. you will need your vin number to get the correct thrust bearing. i figure it can be done in a day. maybe a weekend if its your first time.

 

[DSMstatus]

oh yeah, to see if it has crankwalk in the first place, have someone inside press the clutch pedal in and out while the car is running, meanwhile you are under the hood with the flashlight looking at the crankshaft pulley. if its going in and out you got it, if its not you should be ok.

 

[DSMDirkah]

Replacing thrust washers all the time isn't all that great unless you like to work on your car all the time but I guess it's a short time fix for Crank walk, . Also unplug your neutral safety switch (especially if you have an upgraded pressure plate) so that when you first crank your car, you will not be putting alot of thrust pressure against the bearing with no oil pressure. Hope this helps some

Matt

 

[slvrstingray]

You also have the option of having the thrust welded and the crankshaft ground down. There are shops out there that will grind a crank for a good price. The drawback, is that you will need to use undersized bearings. The cranks are plenty strong though. Its a cheaper alternative than replacing the engine.

 

[DSMDirkah]

Well I asked Darrell Cox about what he did with the 7 bolts and he says that he likes to actually cut some slits into the thrust bearing a certain way that will help it get more oil to the crank surface.

Matt