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We're still trying to figure out what the root cause is. This crank had 130k miles before I spun a bearing at the exact same place. My friend sent it out for a regrind. 10k miles, 3 track days, 2 National Tours, 1 ProSolo, and 6 weekends of local auto-x'es later, it broke. We're thinking maybe when I spun a bearing, excessive heat was introduced to that portion of the crank, and it got weaker. And those high-revving events may have helped it to develop some cracks. Fortunately, this happened during normal daily driving. So far, we haven't seen any other damages due to this broken crankshaft.
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Originally Posted by vwong
We're still trying to figure out what the root cause is. This crank had 130k miles before I spun a bearing at the exact same place. My friend sent it out for a regrind. 10k miles, 3 track days, 2 National Tours, 1 ProSolo, and 6 weekends of local auto-x'es later, it broke. We're thinking maybe when I spun a bearing, excessive heat was introduced to that portion of the crank, and it got weaker. And those high-revving events may have helped it to develop some cracks. Fortunately, this happened during normal daily driving. So far, we haven't seen any other damages due to this broken crankshaft.
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Originally Posted by Dan Martin
Actually that's a pretty good theory. What happened when you spun the bearing is you essentially heat treated the crankshaft. Heat treated metal is harder but more brittle which could explain the jagged edges in the fracture.
My gut feel is that the high stresses caused it to fatigue.
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Originally Posted by Black_6spd
Any torsional failure (as opposed to shear or tensile failure) will produce jagged edges like the ones seen in the pictures. Grab a piece of chalk and twist it until it breaks. You'll see the same thing, usually with a 45 degree angle.
My gut feel is that the high stresses caused it to fatigue.
My gut feel is that the high stresses caused it to fatigue.
Engineer speak! I thought about pictures of shafts with torsional failure from my machine design textbook when I saw this picture.
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Originally Posted by aodaniel
Engineer speak! I thought about pictures of shafts with torsional failure from my machine design textbook when I saw this picture.
Let me know if you find the equation. I believe it should be in the section dealing with gears.
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Originally Posted by Black_6spd
Any torsional failure (as opposed to shear or tensile failure) will produce jagged edges like the ones seen in the pictures. Grab a piece of chalk and twist it until it breaks. You'll see the same thing, usually with a 45 degree angle.
My gut feel is that the high stresses caused it to fatigue.
My gut feel is that the high stresses caused it to fatigue.
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Wow! How much would repairing something like that cost? I suppose it would require at least replacing the crankshaft and some bearings? Essentially a rebuild since all internals are exposed. ![Dunno](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/dunno.gif)
I should send this thread to my ME buddy.
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I should send this thread to my ME buddy.
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Originally Posted by 05_TSX_GP
Wow! How much would repairing something like that cost? I suppose it would require at least replacing the crankshaft and some bearings? Essentially a rebuild since all internals are exposed. ![Dunno](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/dunno.gif)
I should send this thread to my ME buddy.
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I should send this thread to my ME buddy.
I personally would buy an entire long block at that point.
[EDIT] The first picture finally showed up. It looks as if he might be able to salvage the block.
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My friend has already pulled the motor out. While I'm waiting for a new crank to come in, he's going to disassemble the motor for further inspection. From looking at the motor, it seems like the block and the rod are fine.
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