sounds of crankwalk

alright so don't flame me about asking this, i've looked around and searched for the sounds of what crankwalk sounds like in it's early stages and i have a video of what mine sounds like i just don't know where to upload it from my computer it's 40.something MB. so i was wondering if anyone had one already up so i can compare it to mine. or if anyone would like to upload it for me that would be great as well. thanks

Just post your video on youtube and then copy the link here.

yeah, and how many miles does the engine have? just out of couriosity.

Search spun bearing and thats what it sounds like : )

heres the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg4R95mpPh0

That actually sounds like a pulley thats loose or something. Or are you positive its coming from inside the motor?

ehh i dunno, thats kinda what mine sounded like and it spun rod bearings.. but it does kinda sound like it could be a loose pulley, but if you are possitive it is from the internal engine.. thats not good lol..

i'm not sure if it's in the engine or not i just know it's on that side of the motor

hmm... my vote goes towards loose pulley as well, but stick a crow bar or big screwdriver down the side of the motor (with it off) and see if you can wiggle any of the pulleys

could a loose pully come from a belt being all old and needing replacment?

Yes. I would take off the timing belt cover and look to see.

could be, the old belt could help the pulley vibrate out of place

alright i'll try that tomorrow

I was told that the rubber on the crank pully after years break apart and doesn't hold. I replaced my crank pully a few months back and it did make a similar sound to your car. The tension on the belts held it together and pulled it back in as it wobbled in and out. But when i reved it up the sound dissappeared and the pully straighten out its wobble. Changed pully and problem fixed. Hopefully its just your pully.

nubiebubie GSX - i think that my car makes a similar sound to the one in this post... but it's is intermittent... I would say that 6 out of 7 times i don't hear any noise... but once in a while i hear a ticking.  If I drive the car a little bit harder, the sound seems to go away.  Or if I shut the car off and simply restart it a few seconds later the sound is gone...  Any ideas?? could it be the cranky pulley (haha) or something else?  In addition - how much did it cost to get your crank pulley replaced??? Thanks Shaun

Well visually u can see if the crank pully is moving in and out. My car started with slight ticking around the driver wheel once in a while. But after a week and a half it became more constant ticking and eventually got to the point where the crank pully slided an inch back and forth, which made a clunking sound. Cost me close to 300 including labour and part. I also thoght it was crankwalk with my 6 bolt but it wasn't. Do as everybody said and double check. Good luck.

Shaun what you are refering to is called lifter tick. This is not that

ok so i'll have to check out the crank pully i tried to get off the cover but i didn't get the bolt down on the side, so i have to take off my tower bar to get to it to check it out. if it's just 300 bucks then i can do that. i'm off from work tomorrow so i'll have to take a peek at it.

my dad told me if i have to get the engine rebuilt he would help pay for it and i told him it would be better to get the six bolt so i don't have to worry about crankwalk, there's a place near me that can do it for 1600 bucks without labor.

Dude if you have the time to do it yourself, do it. Some random wrench monkey making minimum wage is not going to care how much he tq's your bolts down as much as you would. Plus you will learn something in the process.

I would learn something about it yes, but do it properly i'm not sure about it, it's my daily driver and plus the the rebuild from the place i thinking about going to has a 8 year / 80,000 mile warrenty on it. on sunday i'm taking it down to a family friend to take a look at it if it's serious. he's my mechanic that i can't count on.

ok so my car totally made thaet noice right before a hole was blown in the block..

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I would learn something about it yes, but do it properly i'm not sure about it, it's my daily driver and plus the the rebuild from the place i thinking about going to has a 8 year / 80,000 mile warrenty on it. on sunday i'm taking it down to a family friend to take a look at it if it's serious. he's my mechanic that i can't count on.

 
a random wrench monkey might not do it right either, like sebba said, he dont get paid enough to care lol... and why is he your mechanic you CANT count on lol

Im thinking this crank has walked lol...

Wheres Nate? Hed know, he just CWd his 7bolt.

shoulda kept it on a tighter leash  lol sorry