Harassing Herbs

a ceased gsr motor came in my eg hatch. i had a swap already waiting so i swapeed it out. today i finially got to open the block to find out what was wrong with it. the #1 rod bearing spun and badly scarred the crankshaft. the bearing broke and pieces are pressed onto the crank along with scaring. i am going to try to post the pics of bearing and crank. [IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG]

gritsak

sometimes you can either polish if its not deep scaring..or you can weld in where its scared up and have it smoothed out....but you can get factory reconditioned gsr cracks at autozone for like 150-200...my friend just checked ino them a couple weeks ago

gritsak

pics

Tinker219

looks like its time for a new one to me!

earl

You will spend more money fixing this crank properly than you would to buy a used crank in good condition.

10seceg

werd...and if you need and LS crank (more TQ) cough cough...PM me and well talk..

Harassing Herbs

once i get a new crank i would have to gauge all the bearings for the rod & main. i have an idea but not 100% positive on it. i hard that i should get a set of green bearings for the rods & for the main then plasti- gauge each one and then buy the color bearings to bring it with in specs. is that method right? or is there an easier way?

88gts

Yes you can get a new bearing and then plastigauge each journal then do the math to see whay shells you will need. It is best to get 1 new main and 1 new rod bearing and use that to measure with then see what you need from there. Bearings are not cheap. There is no easy way out of this.

I would like to see that AZ "factory reconditioned" gsr crank LOL.. with as many returns as I have seen on electrical parts from them and then catalogs are wrong and oh man dont get me started..


Like dude said a a good used GSR crank is not a bad idea and they are out there.

gritsak

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I would like to see that AZ "factory reconditioned" gsr crank LOL.. with as many returns as I have seen on electrical parts from them and then catalogs are wrong and oh man dont get me started..
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its not like they have willie that runs the battery tester out back doing cranks...they prolly do a core charge then send the crank out to a machine shop and have it fixed..its at least worth looking into. you could pretty much tell when you look at it whether or not its a botched fix.....for some of the prices people are asking over the net for gsr cranks (300+) ide sure as hell go check one out. you can always take it back if its no good

CovertFI

i got my crank turned and bearings for 200 at a local machine shop. every one of the berings on the crank i had were messed up

Harassing Herbs

did u have to drop off the block at the machine shop also or just the crank and the specs?

earl

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CovertFI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i got my crank turned and bearings for 200 at a local machine shop. every one of the berings on the crank i had were messed up</TD></TR></TABLE> For that price you did not get it reheat-treated which is necessary
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Harassing Herbs &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did u have to drop off the block at the machine shop also or just the crank and the specs? </TD></TR></TABLE>All you get is your crank reground. If you think you can give them specs to the nearest .0001", you are dreaming. Be happy with .001"