Scared Of Crankwalk

Is it just me or are other people scared of crankwalk? Does anyone actually know of the aprox % of DSMs that it happens to?

prolly between 5-10% of people that arent nice to their cars. its not really too common of a problem

So far from being on here i think ive only heard of about 5 or 6 on these forums. My old talon was starting to show signs of it so i sold it. And one kid around me had it happen to him. But its all about maintenance

i wouldnt be scared man. and if it does happen then bam you just throw in a 6bolt. not quite that easy. i am on the 4th engine in my car thanks to the last owners and none of the others had cwalk just mistreated and overboosted. but i wouldnt worry.

What are the early signs?

-weird startup noise from timing belt area, its a screeching noise
-ticking noise coming from valve cover
-hydraulic fluid completely gone, resulting in my clutch pedal stuck to the floor
 
 
there might be more but those are the signs i have heard about

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ORIGINAL: atown420

-weird startup noise from timing belt area, its a screeching noise
-ticking noise coming from valve cover
-hydraulic fluid completely gone, resulting in my clutch pedal stuck to the floor


there might be more but those are the signs i have heard about

Wow...not even close
 
-The screeching noise is a belt
-the ticking noise would be lifter tick
-it does not cause loss of hydraulic fluid
 
I think you have been mislead my friend. Here is the usual signs
 
-Clutch sticking to the floor (NO loss of fluid) it just sticks sometimes. And not from the carpet making it stick either, haha
-Low oil pressure at idle. Sometimes the oil light will flicker or come on (this is the problem i was starting to see
-main bearing slowely going out of spec (you would have to measure this one)
-Loud knocking from the bottom of the engine (usually is the last thing you hear before you car no longer runs

there isnt anything wrong with walking a crank anyway....see
 

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ORIGINAL: TheEngineer

there isnt anything wrong with walking a crank anyway....see

I f-ing Love it Engineer

Dont worry about it.....dont even think about it.....

I never had low oil pressure in mine when I got crankwalk..  It was always pretty high.  But I did have the clutch pedal sticking, and the knocking coming from the lower end.  My first sign of it was the clutch pedal..  Then the knocking.  And it started burning oil really bad when it got worse.  Thankfully I was able to rebuild it before I bent/broke and rods or did anymore damage.   I personally have only seen it in dsm's with heavier clutches in them around me..  Most stock ones I havnt seen it happen to.  But someone made a good point on a topic earlier,  a lot of motor problems on the 7 bolts just get blamed on crankwalk.  A lot of times people will just say crankwalk and not actually have it..   But its definately not something to never keep an eye on.

doesnt the clutch pedal stick more when your turning a certain direction?

i've only heard of it and actually seen it CONFIRMED like mabey 3 or 4 times... it's not so much something you have to worry about at a stock level or under 300whp but after you get above 350whp on the stock bottom end.  That's when i usually hear about it going.

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ORIGINAL: TheEngineer

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ORIGINAL: atown420

-weird startup noise from timing belt area, its a screeching noise
-ticking noise coming from valve cover
-hydraulic fluid completely gone, resulting in my clutch pedal stuck to the floor


there might be more but those are the signs i have heard about

Wow...not even close

-Clutch sticking to the floor (NO loss of fluid) it just sticks sometimes. And not from the carpet making it stick either, haha
-Low oil pressure at idle. Sometimes the oil light will flicker or come on (this is the problem i was starting to see
-main bearing slowely going out of spec (you would have to measure this one)
-Loud knocking from the bottom of the engine (usually is the last thing you hear before you car no longer runs

wow... i had like 3 of them things wrong with my car before it blew up, but it wasnt a car that gets cw... i had the sticking clutch sometimes, i had low oil pressure at idle to the point that my oil light came on, THEN the loud knocking then it blew lol

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ORIGINAL: estraw

doesnt the clutch pedal stick more when your turning a certain direction?

yes when  you turn to the left

ok, so when I slow down really fast my oil line comes on for a second and tehn it goes away. is this a sign or do you guys know what else it could be. 

i had a crankwalk sound on my car, but it turned out to be that the hermonic balancer split at the rubber, and came out in two, an outer ring and inner ring, so i replaced that and some other part for maintance, and it fixed my check engine light and it ran super after that, and still driving it, runs like a champ.

You didnt have crankwalk sound.
 
You had a spun bearing sound....

eh mixed results, but it wasn't crankwalk.

When Mine walked...you could grab the crank and move it half of an inch in either direction...it was bad...

Now thats crankwalk lol.
 
However, i have seen a lot of engines with play in the crank.....