[Vwdiesel] replacing crankshaft

[gary]

Well said!

-Gary

LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
>   I had a minor version of what you had happen to my Rabbit just before 
> the planned rebuild.  Do a little telephone shopping and simply have the 
> rod journals ground at a shop you can trust to keep the tolerances where 
> they should be.   It's cheaper, you retain std. sized main bearings, rods 
> are only .25mm under, no shipping and if the main bearings are still (as 
> they often are) like new, you can reuse them!  Then you're looking at rod 
> bearings and a rod grind with a polish on the mains.  
>   A gasket set and a head gasket will put it back together leak free.  If 
> it's out then you REALLY need to replace those intermediate shaft bearings 
> while you can!  They tend to disintegrate after about 20 years.  Reringing is 
> 
> a smart move while you're this deep.  Just be sure you're honed well and 
> CLEANED well with soap and water afterwards.  Mileage is probably up 
> to where a light valve grind and very probably exhaust valves and of course 
> valve stem seals would really be of bennefit, especially if you're doing 
> nearly everything else!
>      Loren
> 
> In a message dated 3/18/2006 2:50:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
> koldrid at uvm.edu writes:
> 
>> What I did find was that the #1 connecting rod bearing was 
>> toasted. The crankshaft has some decent size scoring there. The rest of 
>> the main and connecting rod bearings look a little worn, but not 
>> totally shredded like the 1st.
>> I want to rebuild this engine, which otherwise is in excellent shape.
>> Anyone have any opinions on what I should do?
>> I'm leaning towards buying a new/reground crankshaft and new main and 
>> connection rod bearings. This outift from Utah sells a crankshaft kit 
>> for $259 http://www.rpmrons.com/volks,cranks.html
>> New front and rear crank seals.
>> I thought it would make sense to re-ring the pistons while I have them 
>> out (the compression wast great before and there is no cylinder scoring 
>> that I can see or feel).  The oil pump had a little play but seemed 
>> fine overall. The pickup screen is clogged with debris though.
>> Not sure what to do to intermediate shaft.
>> Well, any advice you may have will be greatly appreciated. I hope I'm 
>> on the right track here.
>>
> 
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