Bill M. From Illinois
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This is kind of interesting. Took my crankshaft in to have reground (2N) and, although journals still had plenty of meat left the machinist said he would have to weld up and grind center journal on sides as lateral clearance was excessive. He called later on and said magnet-flux of crank showed it was cracked in center. He said he could procure a used crank for $100 or so and grind it to specs for new bearings. After a week or so I stopped by to see how it was going. He said he had gone through 4 used cranks before finding a good one. They were either cracked or were to end of life and no metal left to regrind. There must be a lot of tractors running around on marginal crankshafts! I assume all these were from tractors parted out. I did not realize that crankshafts would develop a crack and of never heard of one just breaking under normal use. This machinist found rod ends out of round and I have complete confidence in his skills as he has been doing this a long-long time. This is all to fix a low oil pressure problem and is a re-tear down. Bill
