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Old 04-11-2006, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeff Frigo
Why would the flange become uncentered when the crank is ground under size? It is ground between centers. If that happens (never heard of it), you must be dealing with a totally incompetent machine shop.
It happens at competent shops; the reason you've probably never heard of it is because the amount of runout, and therefore the effect on balance, is usually extremely small.

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