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 Post subject: Rusty crank
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:33 pm 
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I am rebuilding a motor for my car and with my tax return due any day, I decided to have a peek at the donk and set up the timing gear.

Now, after a YEAR of sitting in the shed, on a stand and under a giant bin liner I noticed the front of the crank (on the balancer keyway) starting to corrode and when I had a look behind I noticed the rear of the crank is also slightly corroded (on the running surface of the rear main seal).
This is obviously an issue. So what I need to know do I just rub it off with some emery, Get another crank (MORE $$) or have it machined professionally?

Also I noticed the cut outs for the cam journals have a MACHINED\SCORED finnish.
From memory, this is meant to be polished like a journal.

Am I right?

 

 

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 Post subject: Re: Rusty crank
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:54 am 
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rub it off with a green scotchbright pad soaked in wd40 or the like
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 Post subject: Re: Rusty crank
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:47 pm 
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tickford_6 wrote:
rub it off with a green scotchbright pad soaked in wd40 or the like


+1
She'll be right
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 Post subject: Re: Rusty crank
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:44 pm 
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Thanks fellas..

 

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 Post subject: Re: Rusty crank
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 4:27 pm 
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Gab1 wrote:
tickford_6 wrote:
rub it off with a green scotchbright pad soaked in wd40 or the like


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+2. Do as said and you will have no issues. When you have done that, wipe it down and check for any pitting.
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 Post subject: Re: Rusty crank
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:37 pm 
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OK, so that covers the corroded crank but what about the Cam "Bearings"?
As above they are a machined type finnish and they should be polished, right?

 

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 Post subject: Re: Rusty crank
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:12 pm 
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You could give them a quick polish with a cross-buff on a medium speed die grinder.
But it depend what they look like and you would want to be pretty confident in what you're doing.

Got any photos of them?
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 Post subject: Re: Rusty crank
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:05 pm 
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I will chuck some up tomorrow if I have any light after work.
The reason I ask is that I have payed good money for the work completed and will be requesting for it to be repaired by the workshop.

The shop in question deals 95% in holden stuff so he might not know that they are bearing-less.

 

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