Anyone fitted a MED crank damper?

Did it go on easily or did you have to dress the centre at all?

Mine seems very tight on a few different cranks.

Thanks.

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Mine fitted OK after I dressed a few burrs off the crank with 180 wet/dry.
It's on my 1412 stroker.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Cheers Doc, will look at cleaning up more and see how it sits.

Thanks.

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I had similar issues when fitting my Romac damper.
It's a real bugger hand linishing in situ

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Too many cars, and too little time.

yeah we use the MED ones & they`re fine

wev`e also used the Romacs & they`re the same

they nearly all need a little dressing up,, , same as the cranks do

it only takes a tiny bruise or burr , or sdimply a little tight

i`d rather dress one down to make it fit nice than have a loose one

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Yep good call MiniMan.
Thanks for the replys guys!

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Mine fitted without any needing attention, but Spiro had just given the crank journals, nose and tail a polish so the crank was actually better than most.

cheers
michael

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Same as above, a little clean up on the crank and it is a snug fit. Mine came with a new cnc crank bolt which caused a little angst. The standard bolt screwed in and out with fingers, the new one was tight after a half a turn. Took it to an engineering shop to confirm if the thread was correct, which it was, but apparently it may have been fractionly under cut compared to the original bolt. Buffed the crap out off the thread on my bench grinder and thoroughly cleaned the thread in the crank with a small s/s wire brush ( I don't have the the Crank tap). Now screws in, but still with a little resistence.

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I bought the correct tap for crank thread from minisplus. It had left over bolt thread in it. Needed a good chase through and now the MED bolt goes sweet.

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Often a crank gets dried Loctite left in it, which can make the bolt feel a bit tight.
I ground 4 lengthwise grooves in an old 850 flywheel bolt to make a poor man's tap. Works fine for this, also cleans out wasp nests etc from cranks kept `in storage' under peoples houses..

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.