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jnunez1955 · 09-25-2010, 06:37 PM

so its way to expensive to buy a new one with counter balance weights.
and a 32 crank is rare...and has a bad habit to break in half.

is there any place where i can send my stock model a crank in, and have them machine on counter weights and balance it?
if so where?

Art Bjornestad · 09-25-2010, 07:20 PM

Never heard of a B crank breaking any more often than an A. The blocks are supposed to be a bit more fragile but I think the cranks are fine. There are new cranks available.

James Rogers · 09-25-2010, 07:41 PM

Several places. We do them here.

jnunez1955 · 09-25-2010, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by James Rogers

Several places. We do them here.

whats the price, to have counter weights machined on and balanced?

James Rogers · 09-25-2010, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by jnunez1955

whats the price, to have counter weights machined on and balanced?

You will have to call for a price. It's not good to quote prices here.

PC/SR · 09-25-2010, 09:48 PM

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Dan Price at http://www.dan4banger.com/ swedges the counterweights on like the so called BB crank, which was Ford's way of later adding counterweights to the original non-counterweighed B cranks. No welding, no regrinding of journals. He also has 28 lb flywheels which match up nice with his counterweighted crank, which is heavier than the welded counterweighted cranks. I personally like that combination because it moves the weight forward more evenly across the crank. Others may disagree.

BCCHOPIT · 09-25-2010, 10:16 PM

This will help... www.burlingtoncrankshaft.com
$950 gets you a new A crank I don't think they make the B yet

John LaVoy · 09-26-2010, 09:40 AM

We used the Burlington crank in the Model A Times sedan project and liked it so much that this year we went and got another to put in the roadster.

josh1331 · 09-26-2010, 09:29 PM

JOHN, HAVE THEY put one of those new engines together and tested it . Im referring to the new cast block with 5 journals? /John/Josh

John LaVoy · 09-26-2010, 10:00 PM

They have not put one together. Right now the goal is to have many of the parts if not the complete engine by the Turlock Swap Meet which is the last weekend of January.

09-25-2010, 06:37 PM	#1
jnunez1955 Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 60	Model A Crankshaft so its way to expensive to buy a new one with counter balance weights. and a 32 crank is rare...and has a bad habit to break in half. is there any place where i can send my stock model a crank in, and have them machine on counter weights and balance it? if so where?

09-25-2010, 07:20 PM	#2
Art Bjornestad Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Westlake Village, CA Posts: 477	Re: Model A Crankshaft Never heard of a B crank breaking any more often than an A. The blocks are supposed to be a bit more fragile but I think the cranks are fine. There are new cranks available.

09-25-2010, 07:41 PM	#3
James Rogers Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Asheville,NC Posts: 3,104	Re: Model A Crankshaft Several places. We do them here.

09-25-2010, 09:48 PM	#6
PC/SR Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 1,279	Re: Model A Crankshaft Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Dan Price at http://www.dan4banger.com/ swedges the counterweights on like the so called BB crank, which was Ford's way of later adding counterweights to the original non-counterweighed B cranks. No welding, no regrinding of journals. He also has 28 lb flywheels which match up nice with his counterweighted crank, which is heavier than the welded counterweighted cranks. I personally like that combination because it moves the weight forward more evenly across the crank. Others may disagree.

09-25-2010, 10:16 PM	#7
BCCHOPIT Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Torrington, CT Posts: 609	Re: Model A Crankshaft This will help... www.burlingtoncrankshaft.com $950 gets you a new A crank I don't think they make the B yet

09-26-2010, 09:40 AM	#8
John LaVoy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rocklin, CA Posts: 1,219	Re: Model A Crankshaft We used the Burlington crank in the Model A Times sedan project and liked it so much that this year we went and got another to put in the roadster.

09-26-2010, 09:29 PM	#9
josh1331 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Charlestown,R.I. Posts: 465	Re: Model A Crankshaft JOHN, HAVE THEY put one of those new engines together and tested it . Im referring to the new cast block with 5 journals? /John/Josh

09-26-2010, 10:00 PM	#10
John LaVoy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rocklin, CA Posts: 1,219	Re: Model A Crankshaft They have not put one together. Right now the goal is to have many of the parts if not the complete engine by the Turlock Swap Meet which is the last weekend of January.