RE: Crank seal surface repair

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

At 10:31 AM 2/1/03, John Katos wrote:

The repair sleeves are known as "Speedi Sleeves" . Try a Chicago Rawhide
catalogue. LOTS of sizes available.

For a rear main, likely better to try a welded or chrome repair. Any good
crank shop can fix this.

Greg

>Not a machine shop mavin, but I did work for Fel-Pro, a gasket maker
>in the 80's. They marketed a system made by CR Inc. for crank noses,
>which are much smaller in diameter. I looked into this for my son's
>105 1300 crank. They cover only make a very small number of very common
>engines. So unless your going to throw in a small block GM lump backwards
>you are probably out of luck. To my recollection on the applications
>covered they work very well.
>
>John Katos
>West Dundee, IL USA
>
>-----Original Message----
>I thought there was a repair technique that involved putting some kind
>of sleeve over the affected area and then using an appropriately-sized
>seal? Surely we have machine-shop mavens on the list who know more about
>this than I do.
>
>Anyone?...Anyone?...Bueller?
>
>Regards,
>Paul.
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