Raptor
05-19-2005, 12:57 PM
NIce try, but the machine I am looking at checks primarily for roundness (although it will show a bent crank as well), when polishing a crank it is easy to get the journals out of round, and you can effectively correct it if you have the knowledge. I wouldn't ever wast time using or straightening a bent crank. I will be doing crank polishing in house pretty quickly so I want an accurate method to verify the crank is as round as possible. I am not trying to replace the machine shop I use, they are top notch and have the best equipment available however, at 2 in the morning when I am assembling a motor and find a bearing clearance that is a couple ten thousanths tighter than I like, I won't have to wait till the machine shop opens and haul it over there etc, I can "adjust it" as needed and assemble it. It also makes it much easier of a decision, If you can do things in house, you are less likely to let a clearance fly due to time constraints because you know it will work even if it isn't the best scenario. With those capabilities, they can all be done based on what is the best setup rather than letting a customer talk me into assembling it "as is" so they can have their car a day sooner. It is amazing, but most try to do exactly that. Drives me freaking crazy.