Hi Everyone

If you're running a late engine with a lip seal crank I'd thoroughly recommend the use of speedy sleeves. They're designed specifically for this sort of problem and are routinely use to repair industrial plant where minimising downtime is vital. I myself have used the on my Europa Special where the cam shaft passes through the head to drive the alternator.

The real reason I like them though is that the modifiation is totally reversable. If you fit one and get it wrong you simply peel it off and have another go (ok, they arn't cheap so you don't want to be getting it wrong too many time). If on the other hand you go for chrome plating or metal spray and that goes wrong, then you've got a scrap crank shaft.

Regards
Andy

I have to concede the point that the speedi-sleeves option is the most convenient and cost-effective way of resolving Brian's problem.

Well done to everyone who suggested them.

And to everyone else, please remember this thread.

I've just looked at the tall block crank I shall be using shortly - definately a canditate for a speedi-sleeve.

Not that this has the remotest thing to do with Brian’s crank problem. I guess that hasn't stopped any of us before on tangential differentiation of a topic. So here are some photos of a 4 bolt lip seal crankshaft that I bought. It came with the original ugly flair Coupe that I bought up in Canada from Braian Robinson. I have gone on about this Coupe 36/6292 before and not one person will admit to ever seeing it before. Anyway the engine is not original to it and I didn't know it was anything different until I pulled of the flywheel to reveal this bit of one off engineering. Some one must have really hated the rope seal affair on the Twin Cam to go through all of the effort to make this up. I don't even know if it works. I think it was done in the Toronto area and raced in a Cortina. I would like to find out more about it but its one of life’s mysteries that will probably never be solved.

My question is answered.
Retaining lubrication, should have realised....
'Tis all clear, thanks Brian.

Ralph.