just rebuilt motor, now crankwalk???

[turboedspyder]

i just recently replaced everything inside the engine and 500 miles later im already experiencing signs of crankwalk. is this usual for a freshly rebuilt motor?? so far i can her a noise from the timing belt area when the clutch is pressed and the clutch get sloppy sometimes during left hand turns. i knew i shoulda just got a 6 bolt the first time

 

[kersed]

sorry about your ride but you should have dropped the 2G block and got a 1G block before you did the build it would have saved you the headache later

 

[turboedspyder]

yeah and the money. which really sucks. i really should just get rid of it alltogether. its just a money pit..

 

[juanpac0]

Nah, it's worth sticking with it, just do up a nicely built 6 bolt and your ass will thank you later when you're on the gas pedal.

 

[knochgoon24]

If you got crankwalk within 500 miles of rebuilding your motor, YOU did something wrong. You can't blame crankwalk in 500 miles on "poor 7-bolt design". Are you sure you got all the bearings right? Have you actually measured to see if you have crankwalk?

 

[turboedspyder]

yeah im sure all the bearings were right. didnt measure it yet but it has all the symthoms of it, so idk what else it could be. but i will measure the crank for play before i even start lookin for a six bolt.

 

[JusMX141]

A guy I knew crankwalked a 6-bolt in less than 500 miles because he didn't align the thrust bearing properly when he was installing the crank.

Again, you can't blame a newly-rebuilt engine's failure on the engine's design. Something went wrong during assembly.