I recently purchased a Dana rebuild kit from John Clemens
and all was going well until I discovered one of the old crank
pins had been cross threaded into the crankshaft by a
gorilla. The crank pin, now with damaged threads and looking
quite tapered, fell out and was rattling around in the crank
housing. When talking with Clemens nearly two weeks ago,
he warned me he was about to be leave home for several
weeks. I'm reluctant to try to use the damaged crank pin
with the new piston assembly so I may be stopped cold
until he resurfaces in several weeks. I'd rather not buy a
new compressor (~$165 + shipping) when I already have
95% of a functional unit.
Does anyone have a usable Dana crank pin kicking
around that they could part with? I would be happy to
replace a borrowed crank pin with a brand new one once
Clemens returns from his travels.
Thanks.
John Bush
75 PB Sunol, CA
and all was going well until I discovered one of the old crank
pins had been cross threaded into the crankshaft by a
gorilla. The crank pin, now with damaged threads and looking
quite tapered, fell out and was rattling around in the crank
housing. When talking with Clemens nearly two weeks ago,
he warned me he was about to be leave home for several
weeks. I'm reluctant to try to use the damaged crank pin
with the new piston assembly so I may be stopped cold
until he resurfaces in several weeks. I'd rather not buy a
new compressor (~$165 + shipping) when I already have
95% of a functional unit.
Does anyone have a usable Dana crank pin kicking
around that they could part with? I would be happy to
replace a borrowed crank pin with a brand new one once
Clemens returns from his travels.
Thanks.
John Bush
75 PB Sunol, CA
