never seen a honda crank that snapped. first for everything.

 

i'm saving the crank for sentimental reasons but what you think about the main journals? are those salvageable? or is the block toast ?

i'm leaning toward toast

 

That has got to be some sort of an accoplishment

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by planeman01 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i'm saving the crank for sentimental reasons but what you think about the main journals? are those salvageable? or is the block toast ?

i'm leaning toward toast</TD></TR></TABLE>

You were already told to buff the mains out, and seat the new bearings in RTV silicone. Makes sense, doesn't it?

If it were mine, I'd weld up the mains on Dave's Miller and have it align bored. I'm a cheapass. Anyone else here would throw it away.

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Yeah, Honda cranks usually break due to harmonics @ #1. Never seen how they go due to long term oilling dysfunction... rod bearings or cams usually die first. As much as it sucks to lose an engine, and learning the hard way to pay more attention to the oil press guage, at least know we all know where the damage migrates to on the crank when you get low pressure - or air bubbles when you run low on oil and corner/accelerate.

 

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nevermind then...lol mine just bounces around a few psi

 

i'll join the broken honda crank crowd

 

[QUOTEJlearning the hard way to pay more attention to the oil press guage[/QUOTE]

i wanted it to blow as it was under a warrenty that was due to expire soon...i new it would blow and the sooner the better so i could get a free motor (wich i've now blown on boost )

 

Apologies, I do remember you saying that now. I just ASSumed due to erratic memory.

 

lol, brings back the seething jackass title, lol

 

Awesome rick. Keep up the good work.

Yager-

 

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Yager-</TD></TR></TABLE>

will do!

you like that $hit?

 

whats so weird about a broken crank??? its pretty normal to me!!! maybe its because i work @ hyundai

 

Definetly crazy. Only thing ive done like that is break a camshaft into 3 pieces. but that was on my old dodge colt, you probably remember it rick. thats from running it out of oil every week for 2 years though.

Yager-

 

you will need the block welded up and then line-honed back to stock specs, sorry i didn't have the time to read the whole thread but you should just start with a fresh block unless you are trying to save your built motor.

 

I've had a gang of B Series motors and I've never seen a crank break. Wow!

 

i dont get it. how in the HELL do you break a crank with an I/H/E. did you ever change the oil?

maybe i missed it, i have never heard of that with a honda crank.

platinum.

 

ice piece of scrap metal

paint the block with silver paint, throw some glass on it and make a nice table

 

I have to say the SS Auto crank line was a really good line.

 

fixes everything