LMM: LMM with 222,000 tear down rebuild
- Thread starter malibu795
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Everything is back from the machine shop for the LMM .040 block that broke a crankshaft.
Guess ~1300.00 isn't too bad
wash block/heads,
balance crank to original setup since nothing changed but the crank,
check 16 rods all where +/-.001 of 6.42",
deck/valve job on heads needs .004" to clean up, with 16 new exhaust valves, and valve stem seals
and another main bore.
Assembly today/tomorrow leave for Colorado tomorrow
Guess ~1300.00 isn't too bad
wash block/heads,
balance crank to original setup since nothing changed but the crank,
check 16 rods all where +/-.001 of 6.42",
deck/valve job on heads needs .004" to clean up, with 16 new exhaust valves, and valve stem seals
and another main bore.
Assembly today/tomorrow leave for Colorado tomorrow
I'd really appreciate it if you'd make it through Kansas without needing a turbo swap in a truck stop parking lot this time. :roflmao:
Cause Shearing the dowel pin for the reluctor wheel had nothing to do with it
It ran smoother then OEM setup
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I rememebr in your last post you said the crank was balanced wrong and you said it was the machine shops fault. Just quoting what you said and several others said was what they believed the cause was, and what lead to the reluctor pin shearing.
http://www.duramaxdiesels.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66875&page=4
If was balanced wrong and LBZ/LMM are same crank.. Both my LBZ and LMM where exactly the same .040 over finger pistons, bore balance.. LMM needed decked and mains done.. Neither where keyed
Then please explain why is my LBZ block that lived life at 500-700rpm higher then my LMM block is still running with 4x more mileage on it and still going?!?
Then please explain why is my LBZ block that lived life at 500-700rpm higher then my LMM block is still running with 4x more mileage on it and still going?!?
The reluctor wheel spinning on the crank threw the timing off enough to "backfire" through the intake and Stahl the engine, all while under a load..
I'd like to think most of US know timing can kill quicker then anything else
I'd like to think most of US know timing can kill quicker then anything else
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It was YOUR words, NOT mine. YOU blamed the machine shop for your crank failing in the other engine, and said it was because they drilled the balancer to remove weight from it to balance the rotating assembly, and MANY said they felt the harmonics lead to the reluctor wheel pin shearing off. All I did was ask if they corrected the balancing issue that YOU said lead to your other crank failing.
Yep and all that was stated prior to finding the reluctor wheel had sheared the alignment dowel pin. Which was found the following day, along with the fact that the OEM balancer bolt is TTY bolt. Is that not how the thread goes?
Idk yet still waiting for it to drain.. Drained it this morning before put 8qts to drive it on the trailer ..still waiting for it to drain
