UPDATE : Crosley broken crank shaft

Crosley.In.AZ · October 24, 2006, 10:21:43 AM

i am learning the metals on these cranks.

cast iron ( my broken unit)

cast steel

forged steel.

I did not know there was a cast steel crank. Generators with a Crosley motor usually have a forged steel crank.

As ol Joe has mentioned the Crosley motor continued on after the car company was closed & sold.

"Big block" Crosleys were build in displacements up to 59 cid.... LOL Same block , the bore and stroke was opened up. They were labeled with different names... Elgin , PHageol ( with an "F") come to mind.

I know most of the folks here do not give a rats patootee about this.

jaybee · October 24, 2006, 10:53:13 AM

Actually I'm interested in any of the old commercial engines, many of which were used in cars of one kind or another.

When you build a new one maybe you can get one of those big blocks and top it with a big 1/71 blower!

WZ JUNK · October 24, 2006, 07:57:48 PM

I know most of the folks here do not give a rats patootee about this.

Actually I am interested. Not that I plan to act on any of this information but I find it interesting. Sorry you are having some bad luck.

John

GPster · October 24, 2006, 09:32:10 PM

Went to a metal re-cycler today that ends up with a lot of this odd ball stuff and it turns out that he had two of the boat motors and sold them recently. He pointed me to someone else and this guy said his mother sold a car and all of the spare parts and engines his father had collected while he was living. They all went to a local fellow that is somewhat inconsiquious (because of IRS?) but I have an inquiry out. GPster

58 Yeoman · October 24, 2006, 11:31:17 PM

Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I know most of the folks here do not give a rats patootee about this.

Actually I am interested. Not that I plan to act on any of this information but I find it interesting. Sorry you are having some bad luck.

John

Same here. I like seeing something different, although I wish it wasn't something that is self-destucting.

Crosley.In.AZ · October 25, 2006, 12:15:05 AM

I have found crank shafts...... it is the * main bearings I need.... and when found they will be expen$ive.

So do i build a motor or call it quits , move on.

Playing golf would easier , take up less space in the shop .

Problem is: I hate golf

tomslik · October 25, 2006, 05:36:14 AM

sooo, why are you building golf carts?

btw, i like seeing the oddball stuff...

GPster · October 25, 2006, 08:33:52 AM

This may be (probably) a backwards way of doing things but why don't you put the empty block back together with just the bearing caps with your bearings in them. Because what you have is undersized .010" and .020" you might be able to have a standard crank re-ground to fit the worn undersized bearings. OR If the front pulley on your broken crank is held on with a bolt that is threaded into the end of the crank stub take the stub and have it threaded clear through to the break and then take your crank out and have it drilled to the I.D. of that thread. Using the crank stub that is threaded clear through clamp it to the end of the broken crank with it indexed correctly and use the stub to start threads into the end of the crank properly timed. Now have that threaded hole cut for a key clear through and make a threaded rodfor the thread the length that you would need to hold the 2 halves of the crank together and hold the key in place. You could make the threaded rod long enough to hold the pulley on the crank with a nut rather than a bolt. Sometimes my ideas go no place but I have them anyway. GPster

imwalkin · October 26, 2006, 10:30:28 PM

Pm sent to you Crosley. I have some Crosley friends here in Tucson.