Thread: Crankshaft Question

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i been at for for some time . i seen were the upper half of the main bearing shell as its 180 groove will pitt rust will pitt a crank. not just a poor weld job....were the oil gets water/ junk in it and eat the crank in time . this is some thing i seen more then one time on older engines the two pc seal surface can be ground if not bad from wear in or rust pitts or you can buy a off set seal has well . i have filled small pitts on only the seal face with Jb weld and hit it with the crank shaft polisher most of the welding on rods are EZ to tell when they been welded has not many make the oil hole s look like they have not been welded i would think a small shop would not wast to much time welding more then one or two jorurnals on a crank thats not hard to get a good core. just the time to weld puts the crank over the value of a common crank like this .has a engine builder on most stock stuff will not get welded less hard to find .when the crank thurst is gone the crank is NFG