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03-04-2014, 02:08 PM | #1 |
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Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
I just had my block hotdipped with the babbitt .It wasn't left in too long as the shop didn't want to damage the babbit.However I'm thinking it might have been distorted as my crankshaft with four shims in it still does not want to hand turn when caps are just snugged up and not even torqued.
Has anyone expericeienced this? I can't think of what else might be causing the binding. |
03-04-2014, 02:18 PM | #2 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
Do you have the front two caps on facing the same way as when they came off? A little machinists blue should reveal the problem spot(s).
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03-04-2014, 02:25 PM | #3 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
The caps are placed in such a way to match up with the grooves in the babbit in the block so should good.I tried switching the front and centre caps but no luck.I'll try the prussian blue as well.Thanks.
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03-04-2014, 02:33 PM | #4 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
Not just front and center caps accidentally swapped. I mean each accidentally rotated 180.
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03-04-2014, 04:01 PM | #5 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
For those that do not know. When you take a engine apart all ways number the main caps. I mark them on the front. 1,2,3 on an A. Also mark the rods,and caps. most mark them on the cam side. Now you can put it back together the way it was. You can not switch caps around and end up with a good job.
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03-04-2014, 04:56 PM | #7 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
I have the rods and caps identified as they came out so these should be good.
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03-04-2014, 06:15 PM | #8 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
What do you mean by ' still ' does not want to turn ? The fellas are right, the caps need to be marked so they can be reinstalled correctly.
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03-04-2014, 06:51 PM | #9 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
You were right to line up the oil grooves if the caps are not marked. Do not switch the front and center caps back and forth.
I assume too you did not keep track of the shims when you disassembled it. Put in shims one cap only at a time, same number of shims on each side, until you can turn it. See what the clearance is with Plastigage. You are looking for .0015-.002. The Plastigage should hopefully squish out (nearly) even all way across. Use Prussian Blue to find the interference point if necessary. Keep trying and fitting and you might get lucky, but I am sort of pessimistic about it. Are you going to have the same problem with the rods, ie, not marked? Measure them when you replace them too. At least the babbitt is not damaged. But, now you know you should not hot dip babbitt, should mark the caps, and keep the shims as they came out, for both rods and mains. Call it a learning experience if nothing else. I have had some expensive ones myself. |
03-04-2014, 06:57 PM | #10 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
Work with one cap at a time,...start with the center cap. Put oil on the bearings,
it doesn't like to be turned dry. |
03-04-2014, 08:15 PM | #11 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
Did you save and mark the shims located between the main journal caps? The shims are used to adjust the clearance between the crank journal and babbitt and to allow a thin layer of oil to flow between the two surfaces.
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03-05-2014, 01:12 AM | #12 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
It pays to do a little reading before and during working on an engine. These engines are easy to work on, but also easy screw up, because, while they look simple, they are actually precision mechanisms. Proper procedures, sequences and tolerances must be adhered to, and there are books that can help even an amateur through the process. But, as Clint Eastwood so accurarately observed, "A man has to know his limitations." Weigh what you think you know against what you must know to do a good job, and proceed accordingly.
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03-05-2014, 04:02 AM | #13 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
X2 it is the chemicals time new Babbitt
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03-05-2014, 06:49 AM | #14 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
Yep, hot tanking destroys babbit, so any time in the tank had to do some damage.
Do you have any pictures of the babbit in the block and caps? |
03-05-2014, 11:57 AM | #15 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
The caps or crank were not dipped and the babbitt on the block doesn't look any different than before dipping.In fact I had an 84 yr old gentleman who has worked with engines/babbitt for yrs look at the block and he thought it looked OK.As I mentioned the shop where I had the block dipped didn't keep it dipped too long so I had to manually remove alot of old paint. If it wasn't in long enough to remove the paint chances are the babbitt is OK.I will investigate 1930 coupe idea of the radius and diamond..This should at least get my caps in the original location. Do the exact same shims have to go back in each side or just the same number (four per side)?They appear to be all the same thickness.I will also check with plastigage (had once before) and prussian blue. I also had kept track of the caps as they came off but with moving stuff around obviously they got out of orderThanks to everyone for your comments and help).
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It dosn't take 5 minutes to kill the outer layer of babbitt.
Unless paint was layed on over grease and oil, it will not come off or all come off with out putting the block in a sand blast cabinet. Babbitt does kill chemical fast, and vice versa. So now, you have a hard, distorted, brittle outer shell on the bearing surface. If you were to melt the bearings out, the outer surface would separate from the rest of the babbitt underneath, like slag. Half the thickness of a human hair will stick a crank good. |
03-07-2014, 03:16 PM | #17 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
OK I have the crank turning by hand but I have one set of pop can thin shims in the front cap,7 sets in the centre cap and four sets in the rear main.The crankshaft seems to bind when turning it though(: I would think it is very unusual to have that many shims in one spot and not another. I think I need to find someone who will rebabit but no one local does this.I'll have to go out of my Province for this.
The Prussian blue seemed to show even contact on the front and Centre but on the Rear Main; contact on the rear of one side doesn't seem to be made. |
03-07-2014, 03:27 PM | #18 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
Patrick L asked "What do you mean by ' still ' does not want to turn ? The fellas are right, the caps need to be marked so they can be reinstalled correctly."
Patrick.. I just meant it still wouldn't turn after adding up to four shims per side as opposed to one or two shims but you can see from my last thread I have it turning but not under good circumstances. |
03-07-2014, 09:13 PM | #19 |
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Does Prussian Blue show cap or saddle contact or both? Sounds like starting from scratch might be the way to go. You might want to have the crank checked for straigtness while you are at it. Yeh, I know, you did not dip the crank, but check it and then you do not have to worry about it.
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03-07-2014, 10:06 PM | #20 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
Maybe this one needs plastigauge all the way across the journal.
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03-07-2014, 10:56 PM | #21 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
I think the babbitt is done. All machine shops that I have ever dealt with tell you that the solution will destroy all bearings. Which is why they don't want cam bearings in the block at the dipping time (yes, I know A's don't have cam bearings)
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I just took a B block to this auto machine shop that does nothing but engines. When I mentioned possible chemical cleaning. He indicated that not only did it not need cleaning, but that that would destroy the Babbitt in the block. |
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03-08-2014, 09:20 AM | #23 |
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Re: Crankshaft binds after engine hot dipped
The blue shows cap contact in all three .The rear main does not show contact on the back half for one side only.
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No offense, but when you start this and go for a ride take your cell phone and AAA card with you.
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