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Cross-hatch pattern of a freshly honed block. The block must receive a final cleaning to remove the abrasive grit and metal cuttings. A scrub brush used vigorously with laundry detergent and hot water works well. After the bores are cleaned and rinsed, they should be dried and oiled immediately. Consequently, even though your engine was hot-tanked by the machinist, enlist the use of a stiff-bristle brush, laundry detergent and warm water to satisfy yourself that the engine is clean. This, combined with a generous amount of elbow grease, will give you a superclean block. Finish by wiping the bores with a white paper towel. It should stay clean and white if you've gotten the bores clean. If not, clean them again. After you've finished the scrubbing and rinsing, don't let the block air-dry. The newly machined surfaces will rust very quickly. If you have compressed air, use it to blow-dry the block. It's best because you don't have to touch the block and the compressed air will blow water out of every little corner. The next best thing to use is paper towelsnot cloth rags or towels. They spread lint that won't dissolve like that from a paper towel. Immediately after you've gotten the block dried off, get your spray can of oil and coat all the machined surfaces. CRC and WD-40 displace water rather than trapping it. This will protect the block against rust, but will also turn it into a big dust collector. Consequently, you'll have to keep it covered. Now that you're finished with the block until assembly time, store it by standing it on its rear face. Cover it with a plastic trash bag until you're ready for final engine assembly. component. As a result, it's rare that a crankshaft cannot be reused for a rebuild. They very rarely ever wear to the point of having to be replaced. What usually happens is the journals are damaged from a lack of lubrication, but mostly from very dirty oil. Usually this damage can be repaired. Even dirty oil usually doesn't change a crank's journals, but if the dirt particles get too big and numerous, it will. The one thing that can render a crankshaft useless is mechanical damage caused when another component in an engine breaks-such as a rod bolt:df an engine isn't shut off immediately or if this occurs at high RPM, the crank and many other expensive components will have to be replaced also. WORN JOURNAL - - - - - - - 1 -+ Main and Connecting-Rod Journals-The most important crankshaft-inspection job is to make sure the bearing journals are round, their diameters don't vary over their length and their surfaces are free of imperfections such as cracks. A cracked crankshaft must be replaced. All the engines covered in this book have cast-iron cranks, however the high-performance crankshafts are stronger due to a higher nodularity content. So, if you've found a crack, consider yourself lucky. A crack in a cast-iron crankshaft is followed very quickly by a break. So don't even think about trying to save your crankshaft if it is cracked. The best way of checking for cracks is by Magnafluxing, the next is by dye testing and the last is by visual inspection. Check with your local parts store or engine machine shop about having your crank crack-tested, preferably by Magnaflux. The cost is minimal. Remembera broken crank will destroy your engine. If a bearing journal is oval- or eggshaped it is said to be out-of-round. This condition is more prevalent with rod journals than with main-bearing journals. If a bearing journal's diameter varies over its length, it is tapered. This is like the taper of a cylinder bore except it's an outside diameter. Finally, the journals should be free from any burrs, nicks or scoring that could damage bearings. Pay special attention to the edge of each oil hole in the rod and main journals. Round these edges with a small round file if you find any sharp ones. Sharp edges protruding above the normal bearing-journal surface can cut grooves in the bearing -- D -- I I CRANKSHAFT UNWORN JOURNAL The crankshaft is the main moving part in any engine. Most of the other TAPERED JOURNAL OUT-OF-ROUND JOURNAL parts turn the it and Bearing journals wear two ways, tapered or varying diameter over their length and out-oflubricate it. Because of its importance, a round or oval in shape. Connecting-rod journals tend to wear out-of-round due to the way crankshaft is a very tough, high-quality they are loaded. BLOCK RECONDITIONING 59
Deep groove in this connecting-rod journal is from foreign material in the oil. A good polish job will make crank suitable for reuse, however more grooving would require regrinding or replacing crankshaft. Measuring bearing journals. Front rod journal is being measured for "out-of-roundness." Record your measurements so you'll be able to compare figures. inserts and wreck the bearing, spoiling your rebuild. Surface Finish-Look at surface finish first. Any rough bearing journal must be refinished or reground-regardless of taper or out-of-roundness. About the only way of determining if your crankshaft journals are smooth is to run your fingernails over them. If a journal looks rough and you can feel it, new bearings would be worn quickly by this roughness. A regrinding job is then in order. A normal 0.010-inch regrind job will hopefully take care of the journal surfaces and any normal wear irregularities. I say surfaces because if one journal has to be ground, all rod or main journals should be ground the same amount.You don't want one odd-size bearing because bearings are sold in sets.The additional cost of machining all the main or rod journals is slight because the major expense is the initial setup cost. Therefore, if 0.010 inch is removed from the standard-size bearing journals, 0.01 0-inch undersize bearings will be required. Undersize refers to the crankshaft-journal diameter.The amount of undersize is the difference between the journal diameter after being reground and the nominal, or average specified standard-size journal diameter. Example: if the nominal specified diameter for main journals is 2.7488 inches and they are reground to 2.7388 inches, the crank i's 0.010-inch undersize on the mains. While you're checking bearingjournals, look carefully at the thrust faces on the number-three, main-bearing journal. This is particularly important if your engine is backed by a standard transmission. When a clutch is disengaged, the release bearing pushes forward on the crankshaft via the pressure plate. This load is supported by the crankshaft's rear thrust surface, so if the pressure plate had an excessively high load or your clutch was incorrectly adjusted, the thrust surface may be damaged. An indication as to whether you'll have thrust surface trouble is the condition of your pressure-plate release levers. If they are excessively worn from the release bearing, then be particularly attentive. Measure between the thrust faces. You'll need a snap gauge and a micrometer or an old or new bearing insert, feeler gauges, and a I -2-inch micrometer. Minimum width is 1 .I24 inches; maximum is 1.126 inches. If the maximum is exceeded, you'll have to replace your crankshaft or have it reconditioned. Check the thrust-face width in several places. Other dimensions and tolerances for checking your crankshaft are in the table. out-of-~ound-T: check for out-of-round or tapered journals, you need a 2-3-inch outside micrometer and an understanding of what you're looking for. If a journal is round, it will be described by a diameter you can read directly from your micrometer at any location around the journal. If it is out-of-round, you will be looking CRANKSHAFT SPEC1 FICATIONS Engine 351C 351 MI400 4291460 460 Police 429CJ SCJ Journal Diameter (in.) Main Conn. Rod 2.7488+0.0004 2.99980.0004 2.9888f0.0004 2.98880.0004 2.9888+0.0004 2.9888+0.0004 2.3107+0.0004 2.31 07f 0.0004 2.4996f0.0004 2.4996+0.0004 2.4996+0.0004 2.4996+0.0004 Stroke (in.) 3.50 3.5074.00 3.5913.85 3.85 3.59 3.59 Runout (in.) 0.004 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.004 0.004 Taper inin. 0.0003 0.0006 0.0006 0.0006 0.0003 0.0003 Ou t-of - Round (in.) 0.0004 0.0006 0.0006 0.0006 0.0004 0.0004 Thrust-face Width (in.) 1 .I 25+0.001 1.125f 0.001 1.125f0.001 1.125f0.001 1.125+0.001 1 .I 25f0.001
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