[s-cars] crankshaft rebuild

[calvinlc@earthlink.net]

I think the problem here is not the lack of machine shops who can do it,
it's the lack of demand for the service.  I just don't hear of many Audi
engines needing this type of internal surgery before the rest of the car has
long ago fallen apart.  A crank is a crank, as long as you know what the
metal treatment and manufacturing process (i.e. cast or forged, how was it
hardened, if at all) a good machine shop can easily figure out how to turn
it properly.  The only problem is there isn't much experience with BTDTs on
something like this so that is a risk....but given the cost advantage I
would be tempted to at least attempt it, provided you can find someone with
the proper bearing sizes to support the end product.
--Calvin

  -----Original Message-----
  From: djdawson2 at aol.com [mailto:djdawson2 at aol.com]
  Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:58 PM
  To: calvinlc at earthlink.net; yumyjager at gmail.com;
giannandrea at mindspring.com
  Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
  Subject: Re: [s-cars] crankshaft rebuild


  I've got a question...  Has anyone that reads this post ever had an Audi
crank turned by a machine shop... successfully?

  Dave

  -----Original Message-----
  From: calvinlc at earthlink.net
  To: Emre Washburn <yumyjager at gmail.com>; giannandrea at mindspring.com
  Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
  Sent: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 22:47:33 -0700
  Subject: Re: [s-cars] crankshaft rebuild


Buy a new one for the cost of turning????  So you can buy a new Audi crank
for less than $130?  You can't even buy the valve stem cap on an Audi for
that much, can you?
--Calvin