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Originally Posted by Lew
Which one are you talking about Maytag? I remember reading a couple of articles about the reason cranks broke, and others that spoke of hearing about broken cranks that were light flywheel related were in a public conversation. I somewhat remember the article I read, and if I can find it, I will post it up for you to read. If it's a different article that you mention, that's two of the many.
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"ltusler" over at renntech. this it "the one" that Jake Raby has posted about, including photos of it, and that everybody seems to always be referring to when they say that they know somebody whose crank broke because of a LWFW.
FWIW: it seems (as I read about it) that they were building a track motor, with a number of other modifications to the motor. It's also a 996 motor, so, more HP / torque being driven through that crank to begin with. Somehow the crank failure gets pinned on the LWFW, in spite of literally HUNDREDS of others that have used the LWFW without incident.
Here's the quandry I find myself in: I am not going to be able to do all of the testing myself.... and it would be foolish to do so anyway, when others have already done it. So I have to / get to rely on the findings of others. And frankly: the number of successes with a LWFW FAR outnumber the anecdotal evidence of failures. I say anecdotal, because, while I can (and have) talk with MANY, MANY who've had a success with the LWFW, I can find only ONE person who actually has a failure story.
JFP has just indicated that he has seen a few. I don't doubt he has. but this still resides in the somewhat nebulous territory of "I heard about", since I don't know any specifics (like mileage, other mods, usage, etc etc). On the other side: I can get all SORTS of details and specifics about the many people who have and are using a LWFW with success.
So as a newcomer, relying on what others have learned, what result SHOULD I come to?