By registering with us, you'll be able to discuss, share and private message with other members of our community.
SignUp Now!CARTMAN said:Do you stand it up on the flexplate end or lay it on it side on the counterweights? does it even matter?
PEVERT!!!!Grease it. Wrap it. Stand it on flexplate end and strap it do it can't fall over.
Hey Charlie,PEVERT!!!!
To be serious though, to keep a crank safe it needs to be kept in suspension. Either held from the flywheel end or the nose so nothing will stress it.
novaderrik said:how do the aftermarket crankshaft companies package and store the cranks they make?
Most use a rack with a bunch of steel studs sticking out. The cranks are threaded on with the back facing upward.
but how do they ship them, and how do they tell their distributors and customers to store them?
I wouldn't be worried that a cast iron crank will warp significantly from setting under its own weight for any reasonable length of time. A few months back I started a chevy truck whose crank had been loaded (by the alternator , p.s belts) and setting in the same position for the last 12 years. If warping were really an issue, then that crank should have been bent to the point that turning the pulleys at 3-4 thousand RPM would cause some serious problems. I can assure you it ran normally.
To give you an idea of how flexable cast iron can be, if you leave a mill table on one side rather than centered for more than a week it can ruin the table and have to be rebuilt because the table will droop on the long side.I wouldn't be worried that a cast iron crank will warp significantly from setting under its own weight for any reasonable length of time. A few months back I started a chevy truck whose crank had been loaded (by the alternator , p.s belts) and setting in the same position for the last 12 years. If warping were really an issue, then that crank should have been bent to the point that turning the pulleys at 3-4 thousand RPM would cause some serious problems. I can assure you it ran normally.
That scenario is different than when a crank is loose on the floor. The main bearings will support it and the tension from the belt doesn't have enough leverage to make it warp. I've never personally seen or known of a warped crank, but 50 million elvis fans can't be wrong.
To give you an idea of how flexable cast iron can be, if you leave a mill table on one side rather than centered for more than a week it can ruin the table and have to be rebuilt because the table will droop on the long side.