My Pete rebuild

[Bengy88]

(05-27-2023 )Rawze Wrote:  you can tell by the failure, that is not the first time that crankshaft broke in that position.

ppl in those third world countries/areas get creative like that because there are no source for official parts.. and if there were,... no one would be able to afford them. - it will likely make it a another 50k miles or less and snap again.

.. That or it will end up on e-bay in the USA, as a used crank for a nice price .. and some sucker to buy it... thinking they are getting a good deal.

I brought a guy over from Guyana, it’s a small 3rd world country in South America. The guy is an awesome mechanic, he’s very thorough, and does his best to do things the right way. But he has told me about some of the things that truck owners have to do to keep their trucks going because they just can’t afford to fix it the right way or the parts are unavailable. All the way down to the brakes on their trucks. He says most people take the brakes off of trucks…. Like removes the shi#t completely and they stop with engine brakes and downshifting. Like this guy can wire anything, can adjust valves like nobody’s business, and is hella good at electrical diagnostics but I literally had to teach him how to install brake shoes. It kinda makes you realize how much we take for granted over here.