04-30-2018, 03:23 AM
j18 sport. (j20 precursor engine and shares same parts)
a good shop may be able to drill the front crank snout out and re-tap it to the next larger size.
or go to imperial usa inches (tricky no?) large size,
my guess some one used a power full impact gun there and wrecked, it,there is no other way to do that, I think, (unless driving ,never once torqued to spec)
sorry for your loss sure am.
it can not be welded or it melts the babbit bearings, there.
unless crank pulled, and than engine block rebuilding shop can, fix this. (where the bore out the block , the guy on the crank grinder does this all the time.
a good shop may be able to drill the front crank snout out and re-tap it to the next larger size.
or go to imperial usa inches (tricky no?) large size,
my guess some one used a power full impact gun there and wrecked, it,there is no other way to do that, I think, (unless driving ,never once torqued to spec)
sorry for your loss sure am.
it can not be welded or it melts the babbit bearings, there.
unless crank pulled, and than engine block rebuilding shop can, fix this. (where the bore out the block , the guy on the crank grinder does this all the time.
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