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FORSFED · 02-12-2004

As a couple of you know, I have a 92 TSi AWD sitting in the garage right now because after I built it last summer and ran it for 300mi I fried an eagle rod (Steve, you remember talking to me about this correct?). I was unfortunate to have the same luck as old man Hill did with his same setup where a rod was poorly cut too small on the bearing end.

Moving on to the subject, I originally had the crank turned .010" under due to a small amount of wear on the journals from the stock bearings. I've heard a lot of mixed opinions on turning dsm cranks, mostly of the negative sort, but I wanted to get some good, strong facts from those that have any experience here. I can't believe taking that small of an amount off could affect much but maybe I'm wrong. I just want to know if I'd be alright re-using this crank again or if I should find one in good shape and have it micro-polished when the motor is ready to go back together.

02-12-2004	#1
FORSFED Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: White Bear Lake Posts: 109	As a couple of you know, I have a 92 TSi AWD sitting in the garage right now because after I built it last summer and ran it for 300mi I fried an eagle rod (Steve, you remember talking to me about this correct?). I was unfortunate to have the same luck as old man Hill did with his same setup where a rod was poorly cut too small on the bearing end. Moving on to the subject, I originally had the crank turned .010" under due to a small amount of wear on the journals from the stock bearings. I've heard a lot of mixed opinions on turning dsm cranks, mostly of the negative sort, but I wanted to get some good, strong facts from those that have any experience here. I can't believe taking that small of an amount off could affect much but maybe I'm wrong. I just want to know if I'd be alright re-using this crank again or if I should find one in good shape and have it micro-polished when the motor is ready to go back together.