TEST YOUR CRANKSHAFT KNOWLEDGE.
QUESTION (1) What is the main purpose of a crankshaft in an engine?
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QUESTION (2) What are some of the materials cranks are made from?
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QUESTION (3) What is the nodal point in a crankshaft?
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QUESTION (4) What is a fillet radii?
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QUESTION (5) What two tests should be carried out before grinding a crankshaft.(especially diesel shafts)?
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QUESTION (6) What is the general minimum hardness of an non-hardened shaft measured in RC (ROCKWELL C)?
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QUESTION (7) What is the general minimum hardness of a hardened shaft measured in RC (ROCKWELL C)?
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QUESTION (8) What three processes are commonly used to harden shafts?
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QUESTION (9) What grit tape should be used to hand linish a shaft?
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QUESTION (10) In what direction should the shaft rotate in relation to the linishing tape when hand linishing?
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QUESTION (11) What is "linishing" trying to achieve?
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QUESTION (12) How is "changing the stroke" achieved when grinding a big end journal?
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