by Donnie Hurt | Dec 23, 2024 | CRANKSHAFTS & CONNECTING RODS
If you’re taking an engine apart and are unsure of the cubic inch or the crank stroke, here is a quick way to figure it out. Simply rotate the engine until one piston is at BDC. Take a measurement from the deck of your block down to the deck of the piston. You can use...
by Donnie Hurt | Dec 18, 2024 | CRANKSHAFTS & CONNECTING RODS
Every once in a while, you’ll have a hub that wants to stick firmly on a crankshaft grinder spindle. Instead of beating on it with a hammer, when you have precision bearings involved, we keep a piece of scrap steel with two holes that correspond with two of the...
by Donnie Hurt | Aug 9, 2024 | CRANKSHAFTS & CONNECTING RODS
This happens to be a Ford flathead V8 crankshaft that my collet puller would not budge. Sometimes, it is easy to use a punch to drive them out, but, in this case, there was not enough room to get the punch in and drive it out. I taped a dowel in front of the hole. I...
