As to the crank, I would stand it on its end once you have marked the
position and removed flywheel centering dowel. You can lay them on
their sides, unless you are going to leave them for a long period of time.
Cheers.
Alain wrote:
>Quick question while talking about heads and crankshafts and since Ted
>Schumacher seems to be online.
>
>How does one correctly store both items prior to an engine rebuild.
>
>Head - flat?
>Crank - vertical in crated wooded box?
>
>On 1/12/07, Ted Schumacher <tedtsimx@bright.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Cosmo, we always have headds magnafluxed adn pressuretested. Magnaflux
>>only shows external cracks. Pressure test shows internal. Ted
>>
>>Cosmo Kramer wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi List!
>>>I happen to have a spare TR4/A head lying around. I
>>>was thinging of getting it magna fluxed, to see if
>>>it's NOW worth rebuilding.
>>>The questions that I have are:
>>>
>>>Could a head 'warp' by lying around?
>>>
>>>Is there a 'specif' way of storing a head? Like
>>>storing a Crank.
>>>
>>>I was thinking of taking a 1/4' or thicker steel plate
>>>& mount it to the cylinder side & tourquing the
>>>bolts/nuts to 105 ft #/inch to prevent it from warping
>>>after it's rebuilt. Is this a god or bad idea?
>>>
>>>Fell free to answer to me or the TRIUMPH List, NOW
>>>that I'm back on line. TIA,
>>>
>>>-Cosmo Kramer
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>Ted Schumacher
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