TBF'd GTS Crank viability of crank recovery
10-15-2020, 03:24 PM
#16
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Fred --
Do you have any local services that offer metal-spraying to restore bearing surfaces? I'm not a fan of it for the regular bearing surfaces unless very well done, but for that thrust face it may be a good option. It was a regular repair process on some industrial stuff I worked on several decades ago.
Do you have any local services that offer metal-spraying to restore bearing surfaces? I'm not a fan of it for the regular bearing surfaces unless very well done, but for that thrust face it may be a good option. It was a regular repair process on some industrial stuff I worked on several decades ago.
10-15-2020, 04:05 PM
#17
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Fred --
Do you have any local services that offer metal-spraying to restore bearing surfaces? I'm not a fan of it for the regular bearing surfaces unless very well done, but for that thrust face it may be a good option. It was a regular repair process on some industrial stuff I worked on several decades ago.
Do you have any local services that offer metal-spraying to restore bearing surfaces? I'm not a fan of it for the regular bearing surfaces unless very well done, but for that thrust face it may be a good option. It was a regular repair process on some industrial stuff I worked on several decades ago.
I tend to think along the lines that advanced services are not available here but at times I have been quite surprised at what I was able to find when needs be. There are some very advanced workshops up in Dubai and I have some contacts there. I tend to think of metal spraying as a sort of metallic equivalent to a tyre retread- possibly a bit unfair. That being said the loads on the thrust under normal conditions are not that demanding or so logic would suggest.
At the moment, like you I have been on lockdown irrespective of what the local law insists on so I go no where I absolutely do not have to. Despite this I currently have a bear of a sore throat and have isolated myself in the TV room until I know for sure it is just a plain old cold [as it seems to be]. Amazing what goes through one's head with the onset of such symptoms though!
10-15-2020, 07:03 PM
#18
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Fred, don't be silly - call your local Porsche Centre and drop off your damaged crank. GBP1750 and 2 weeks later you would be in a possession of a brand new (refurbished, first oversize 0.25mm) GTS crank with a full set of matched Genuine Porsche bearings - both crank and rods - mine were made in 1996! For the money/2yrs warranty and hassle free exchange, this is very hard to beat...
I was the first customer Worldwide of their programme, thus I got a slight discount, but still think GBP1750 isn't bad, when you factor in the cost of new full set of Genuine Porsche crank and rod bearings...
Hope this helps,
Alex
I was the first customer Worldwide of their programme, thus I got a slight discount, but still think GBP1750 isn't bad, when you factor in the cost of new full set of Genuine Porsche crank and rod bearings...
Hope this helps,
Alex
