midlifecrisis Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 OK, so I posted a while back about my kickstarter that wouldnt move, even though it did when I bought it. I thought for a while that maybe the young guy who sold it to me had dropped a circlip in the bottom end from a piston or something. Well today I found the issue. Its actually the bearing for the left connecting rod at the crank thats failed, and it has allowed material to drop down into the area beween the crank and the cases, where I cant see it. This has also caused the crank to blue at that spot with heat. My question is this, should I buy a crank with rods already mounted or should I have these parts pressed apart and have new bearings put on and rebuiild it even though it has heat damage? Will the heat have bent the crank? I can post pics if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firebanshee Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 By the time you buy all the parts and labor you are money ahead to buy a new crank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAVAGE420 Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 X2!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96 sandshee Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Buy a Hotrods crank, for just a little more money you'll have new crank and no worries about it being true. They're all over ebay and show up in a few days, how can you beat that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midlifecrisis Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 OK, so new crank it is. Whats the point of a welded crank? and does anyone know stock stroke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANSHEE HP Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 stock stroke is 54mm, and personally id get a vitos stock stroke crank theyre trued and welded already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banshee_terror_ Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 the welded crank is for reliability, or how ever you spell it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James-26 Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 stock stroke is 54mm, and personally id get a vitos stock stroke crank theyre trued and welded already. So your saying the stock stroke Hotrods crank comes already welded and true? Or you talking abt a dif crank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midlifecrisis Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 OK, so I have bought a stock stroke vitos crank, but Im pretty sure its gonna come just as that. What other parts should I be replacing or will I need to install it when it comes? Is this crank that I have taken out junk, or?????? LONG live the clymer manual, what would I do without you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midlifecrisis Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 the welded crank is for reliability, or how ever you spell it. looks good to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANSHEE HP Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 the vito cranks come welded and trued ,i pretty sure hot rods dont unless a shop buys some welds and resells. other then installing the crank just replace the crank seals make sure to grease the seals, check that the bearing markers(little tit on the crank bearin) are in the correct spot in the case and the half moon clips are in, then yama-bond or my favorite anarobic liquid gasket by perma-tex the cases back together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midlifecrisis Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 the vito cranks come welded and trued ,i pretty sure hot rods dont unless a shop buys some welds and resells. other then installing the crank just replace the crank seals make sure to grease the seals, check that the bearing markers(little tit on the crank bearin) are in the correct spot in the case and the half moon clips are in, then yama-bond or my favorite anarobic liquid gasket by perma-tex the cases back together That Perma Tex is the grey stuff right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANSHEE HP Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 nope the perma-tex anarobic or lock tite anarobic sealer is red and , yama-bond is the grey stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheesandrider Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Buy a Hotrods crank, for just a little more money you'll have new crank and no worries about it being true. They're all over ebay and show up in a few days, how can you beat that! Not all cranks on Ebay are HotRods, there was a thread on here about one of the sellers doing a bait and switch. He is showing a Hot Rods crank in the auction, but what you get is not a Hot Rods crank. I asked him about this and he denied it and got hostile when I pointed out the differences between what he was shipping out and a true Hot Rods crank. I had not bought one, I was just pointing out what the member on here received. You can get a Hot Rods crank welded from them but it costs extra. You can also get a stock crank rebuilt pretty cheap as long as the webs are not damaged, which it sounds like yours were, so a new crank was the right decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midlifecrisis Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Hey guys, Once again, I have to thank you all for the help. I have bought the Vitos crank from an ebay seller here in Ontario, so itll be better for shipping. Its a standard stroke PC 350 for $160 shipped, so I think I did quite well. The only other question I had, was what other parts should I be buying from our vitos distributor for the crank, when it gets here, so I can just put it in, and back together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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