Crank failure
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Re: Crank failure
That's where 50oz 5.0s like to break. For the record, I've never seen a 28oz 302 break there.
I've never seen *any* 351W crank break there, though. What balancer were you running?
I've never seen *any* 351W crank break there, though. What balancer were you running?
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That is a Windsor crank to fit it 400 ford. Romac balancer. But the one that spun was professional products which i hear not that great.
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. Well boys after further inspection i made the mistake. No fault of rpm or balancer. Can you see from pic what i did on #1. Thats a different rod of course. I did talk to the builder i bought Rod's from he skeptical he thinks enough bevel each way? Thats the only thing i can find in whole engine.
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Not looking like rod issue. They are specifically beveled each way. Does not matter the direction.
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Good closeups of the fracture surface would likely be useful.
I'm suspecting the crack started at a geometric or material defect in the rod journal radius/fillet.
I'm suspecting the crack started at a geometric or material defect in the rod journal radius/fillet.
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are these better.
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Sorry that I misunderstood the break location: in front of the front rod journal; behind the front main.
Thanks for the pics.
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The radius on the other end of the rod journal //looks// nicely formed and finished.
On the next crank I'd go easier on the web/cheek thinning and especially the size of the lightening hole.
If I'm looking at the pictures correctly the finish of the lightening hole is kind of ragged.
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Straight on pictures of the actual fracture faces might help understand how important that was.
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I'd say the crack(s) had a wonderful time initiating and propagating around the fillet/radius.
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Dye pen LPT of the radius with the pan off and one rod cap removed would have caught them in the act many passes before the final failure.
On the next crank I'd go easier on the web/cheek thinning and especially the size of the lightening hole.
If I'm looking at the pictures correctly the finish of the lightening hole is kind of ragged.
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Straight on pictures of the actual fracture faces might help understand how important that was.
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I'd say the crack(s) had a wonderful time initiating and propagating around the fillet/radius.
download/file.php?id=22359&mode=view
Dye pen LPT of the radius with the pan off and one rod cap removed would have caught them in the act many passes before the final failure.
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Thanks Dan. I'll get you some better shots tonight. So you thinking cycle time and normal fatigue basically ?
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No way is that cycle time. That is a junk damper, like I said way back. Seen it before. A junk damper will break any crank. Morose should have been sued and bankrupted when they released that idiotic solid aluminum hub to the pubic. Bet I've seen a dozen (maybe more) cranks killed by that one junk part.
That's a bad damper. Whether it was junk to start with, or just ended up junk I can't say. But your damper did that. I personally have abused stock cranks way more than that and never broke one like that.
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I've never broke a stock crank ever and also ran alot more than this. So you are saying the professional products damper that spun a few years ago started this?
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I'm saying that's what a crank looks like when the damper isn't doing the job. Don't care what name was on it.
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Well it could be. Thats the answers im looking for. The second damper romac are a good name damper. But not saying it couldn't be defective.
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Do any of the other crank journals show signs of blueing where the rods have been against the cheek of the throw? That blueing seems to be a sign of too little rod side clearance. Maybe it is the pictures, but it sure looks suspicious. Be interesting to measure those two rod big ends together and see just how much clearance you actually had. Joe-JDC
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