Welding Thrust on Cast Crank?

[devo340]

We were going through 360 thrust bearings every 10 passes.
Like you, had a small investment in the crank.
Sent it to Ohio Crankshaft & had it repaired.
Killed it in 10 passes.
Wasn't a concern with the crank repair.
Found the convertor snout was bottoming out in the crankshaft.
The mounting lugs were .015 away from the flex plate.
Changed convertors & never had the problem again.

[GTX JOHN]

Originally Posted by devo340

We were going through 360 thrust bearings every 10 passes.
Like you, had a small investment in the crank.
Sent it to Ohio Crankshaft & had it repaired.
Killed it in 10 passes.
Wasn't a concern with the crank repair.
Found the convertor snout was bottoming out in the crankshaft.
The mounting lugs were .015 away from the flex plate.
Changed convertors & never had the problem again.

I have been through exactly those issues before as well.

I try to maintain at least 060 on flexplate to pads.
i really think the two steps on the start are not helping matters!

[devo340]

The new car we just bought has a 2 step.
My Son doesn't like it, so he doesn't use it.