BurnOut

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I have read about a few issues with them, and last I heard, Eagle had recalled all of them.

Does anyone have any new information??

BurnOut

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Anyone?? Anyone??

Bueller?? Bueller??

Reckless

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Finally got the second one back after having it recalled. Balanced up just fine and zero fitment issues. Motor has not been fired yet.

robertbartsch

Yeh, I heard a while back that some shops were charging $300 to balance the cranks becasue they were WAY off from the factory.

Is this why they recalled them? ...can't beleive the quality control would be that poor....don't they inspect these things?

Cstraub

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$300 is not bad for balance work. Some $2500 billets take $600 to $800 to balance them.

Chris

robertbartsch

Why then did they recall the cranks; was it caused by incorrect measurements, soft journals, etc.?

Do they have the process under control now?

Reckless

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Both vcranks I had needed the counterweights shaved down to clear the piston skirts. The second crank also had the crank timing gear keyway cut too wide.

Some feedback from the 408 I just finished. After Mark got the motor home, he turned it by hand and the rod bolts from the front journal actually rubbed to the oil pan where the factory relief is on the pan. So a little extra clearancing is needed there on the inside of the oil pan.

BurnOut

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Reckless- since you're talking about the rod bolt hitting the pan and not a counter weight, etc..., I'd say that that sounds more like an issue with the rod/rod bolt than with the crank.

Sure, the (stroker) crank moves the rod out away from the crank centerline, but I would think that (on this issue, anyhow) any crank of that stroke with those rods would do the same thing.

Or am I missing something here??

C4VetteLS1

I had to send all my cranks back and just recieved the new ones. You can see where they put mallory metal in the cranks to balance them. They also shaved the counterweights.

So all looks good on the new ones

Reckless

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You are correct Burnout....not really a crank issue, but just a "heads-up" I guess. All else went fine with the install.