How many known cases of crankwalk in a 6bolt?

[mitch26753]

hello,
well my friend brought his 91 laser to me to work on. He said it was hard to get it gear and kept popping out. I get the car there and get to looking at it. I remembered how people were saying crankwalk caused some of these symptoms. So we took the tranny out to check the clutch when i did i noticed i could pull the crank by and fourth .0080 in one way! Isn't the crankwalk at .0015 and up? I did some searching but didn't find much on 6 bolt crankwalk. This is the first car i have ever even seen with crankwalk and I'm surprised its not a 7bolt

 

[Asimmons90GSX]

6 bolts don't crankwalk. Never heard of one EVER doing it.

 

[Jeff_Ciesielski]

ANY car can crankwalk, its just not that common. I've heard of a couple of 6 bolts walking, but it was due to poor assembly.

 

[Black95awd]

6 bolts don't crankwalk. Never heard of one EVER doing it.

do some research before making such a bold statement, I have heard a a few walked 6 bolts. One was even from an auto car. They seem to CW a lot less, but it can still happen.

 

[mitch26753]

6 bolts don't crankwalk. Never heard of one EVER doing it.

well you have now my man . I didn't really hear of it before either, it was always the 7bolts. Any motor can crank walk though.

 

[93_tsi_fwd]

We bought a 92 tsi 6 bolt and it cranked walked like a mofo. Previous owner ran it without any oil, or ran out of oil on the freeway. Yes, any car car/motor can crank walk. not just 7 bolt.

 

[Defiant]

Any bearing can fail, and all bearings wear. Crankwalk is just when the thrust bearing does.