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Old 09-13-2009, 04:00 PM
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After had run over 150K miles on the cranskshaft of 2002 SS Ls1, it should throw away? Can Crankshaft,Rods,Pistons reassemble again after cleaning and re-polishing at Machine Shop??
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if your crank hasnt spun any bearings (of if ii has had light damage) you can have it ground and it will be good to go. rods should be fine, but the pistons probably will have too much clearance once the cylenders ar honed
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to Novaflash2000,
I will bring those to the machine shop to check and cleaning/polishing.
I would save my money a lot and don't have to buy new crankshaft/pistons set.
I hope so..
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Your crankshaft is fine, you can have it turned .010. Then just buy the right sized bearings and you will be good to go.




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