Rebuilding 440 after wiping a cam lobe
After about 3000 miles, my freshly rebuilt 440 with factory forged crank had a lifter fail and wiped a cam lobe. I cut the oil filter open and found a bunch of bearing material. I tore the engine down and to the naked eye everything looks perfect except for 2 rod bearings. The crank where these bearings ride looks and feels perfectly smooth, exactly the same as the rest of the crank. I was going to take the rotating assembly and block to a machine shop to have everything cleaned and checked out but everyone I’ve called is so far behind they won’t even put me on their schedule.
How would y’all recommend that I make sure my crank is ok myself?
I feel like a case of brake cleaner will work for cleaning it out. But I need this truck running again and don’t mind figuring something out myself
After about 3000 miles, my freshly rebuilt 440 with factory forged crank had a lifter fail and wiped a cam lobe. I cut the oil filter open and found a bunch of bearing material. I tore the engine down and to the naked eye everything looks perfect except for 2 rod bearings. The crank where these bearings ride looks and feels perfectly smooth, exactly the same as the rest of the crank. I was going to take the rotating assembly and block to a machine shop to have everything cleaned and checked out but everyone I’ve called is so far behind they won’t even put me on their schedule.
How would y’all recommend that I make sure my crank is ok myself?
I feel like a case of brake cleaner will work for cleaning it out. But I need this truck running again and don’t mind figuring something out myself