crank shaft question

jon f mn · Mar 9, 2015

With the weather warming up I may be getting back to
my 1030 project. If you remember I bought a basket
case ladt fall that ended up with having dropped a
valve and driving it into the head on the front
head. I got the heads off last fall and the block
and crank look good to an ammetuer and the crank
measures within specs. What I'm wondering about is
the likelyhood that the crank is bent? Is there a
way to tell? Or should I just pull it and have it
checked because the risk is too geat? With just a
cursory inspection everything looks good, and I will
look more closely, but I've never dealt with a blown
engine like this, so it's new territory for me.
Thanks for any advice.

casecollectorsc · Mar 9, 2015

Never had a tractor drop a valve, but on pickup engines it has happened to never gave the crank a second thought.

1370rod · Mar 9, 2015

Jon, I have learned to never say never, but the likelihood that there is anything wrong with the crank is small. If it were my tractor I would have the con-rod checked as long as it was out anyway. Rod.

mEl · Mar 9, 2015

(quoted from post at 13:39:45 03/09/15) Jon, I have learned to never say never, but the likelihood that there is anything wrong with the crank is small. If it were my tractor I would have the con-rod checked as long as it was out anyway. Rod.

I'm with the others, have the rod checked and reassemble it, those cranks are massive and you really have to work at wrecking one.

Mel

jon f mn · Mar 9, 2015

Thanks guys! I was hoping that was the case! Lol. Anyway, if things go as planned there should be progress on the project over the next couple weeks. If I would have had to pull the crank budget would have slowed things some.

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