^^^I very seriously doubt it.
Agreed Mr Rob.
Dragonbat13,
Reason for the updated pics request,
Just to offer objective opine on journal wear patterns...
"DEFLECTION IS NOT BENT".
^^^I very seriously doubt it.
That's one thing Larry Shepard got right. The rest of that book should be used to soak up spilled oil or to start a fire.
The chapter on cams actually mentions that a cam has 16 lobes and 5 journals. No ****, Larry? I couldn't count those myself.
^^^
Agreed Mr Rob.
Dragonbat13,
Reason for the updated pics request,
Just to offer objective opine on journal wear patterns...
"DEFLECTION IS NOT BENT".
Crank is already turned ten under when I got it. But I can post some pictures of the journals if it would help.
Mech1
The Iron does not lie
It's not bent.
Maybe more likely with an old Ford flathead V8 crank with only 3 mains; they are a lot more 'spindly'....perhaps. If thye really did that, I would have had a few dozen bent cranks over the years.... I never heard of storing them on end 'til now.
Storing cranks on end makes sense if you have a lot of them.... it takes up less space... Maybe that's what the old wives really had in mind...."You're not bringing that crankshaft into my kitchen again unless you store it on end...I'm tired of tripping over all your junk!" LOL
Did you wife OK that? LOLBTW, Its standing up in the kitchen right now....