crank walk

what the hell is this crank walk i hear every one bitch about?

read the threads on it

See www.racingknowledge.org, DSM section. There is a sticky I wrote up a while back. Its pretty complete.

do the search
just type in "crankwalk"

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There is info on CW EVERYWHERE, but unfortunately 90% of it is wrong. So be careful what you read. :wink:

This is about the only thing you need to read on it: http://www.magnusmotorsports.com/crankwalktheory.htm

Thats a good one. See this one as well:

http://www.atra-gears.com/crankshaft/

and:

http://www.dinanbmw.com/html/danger_of_power_pulleys.htm

Crankwalk is your worse nightmare :mad: My car had crank walk and I just had the engine replaced.... :biggrin: Thank god for extended warranties!!!:worshippy

will somone in plain and simple term explain to me what it is, no ones links work, the one that did work didnt explain shit just where they thought the problem was, what exactly is going on and what happens as a result of it?

Maybe this will help....

CrankWalk (http://www.columbusdsm.com/resources/knowledge_base/kb_00034_crankwalk.htm)

Keep in mind that bove thread is grossly oversimplified and seems to be implying 1Gs didnt get crankwalk, lol. At any rate, my link above would work if you remove the comma at the end. I didnt mean to put that there obviously. :wink: I'm tired of explaining this, so here is that actual thread I did a while back. Enjoy.

http://www.racingknowledge.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=185

Put VERY simply [crankwalk for dummies style of simple] Crankwalk is when the crank bearings wear excessivly, meaning the cranbk can move too much 'sloshing' back and forth in it's mountings and basically causing serious engine damage :eek7: