When this happened to my 16V I used loctite but I just learned yesterday that this happened again last weekend. I guess loctite didn't work... The current owner broke some valves and it scuffed a piston.
Réjean Langis 93 Corrado VR6 [email protected] http://user.fundy.net/langisr ----- Original Message ----- From: "LeHue, Donald J., Ticona/US" <[email protected]> To: "Mailing List 16V (E-mail)" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 6:48 PM Subject: Another mangled crankshaft > Yep the bastard bug just bit me, too. WTF is up with all these friggen > cranks?! > > I checked the archives concerning this and it appears that doweling the > crank and gear is a good fix. Any sort of prep work? Loctite? Any of > those metal epoxies to fill in any gnarfs in the keyway? (The direction of > failure left a "ramp" of 20-30 degrees on one end of the keyway in the > crank.) Any particular type or number of "dowels"? > > I've got some 1/8" drill rod and access to a drill press to drill a "fresh" > pulley (and to use the pulley as a "starter" or guide so that the crank is > drilled properly). Any thoughts before the carnage begins? > > The only saving grace is that it appears that the pulley only slipped, and > never took a full spin, since the compression (170-155-150-170) doesn't seem > to show valve damage. > > Don > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
