>----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jeff York" <jeffyor...@yahoo.com> . >Now I can not remember the last time I heard of a VW crank failure. For >that matter I have not heard of a VW >failure and I even recall a guy broke >a prop on his VW on his way to Sun N Fun many years ago. I talked to >him >at a forum and with as much vibration he had with half a prop, his VW crank >and motor stood up.
The guy in the hanger next to me lost his prop and front hub while flying his VW engine this summer resulting in a crash in a farm field. The crank broke cleanly in half at the front bearing just as the Corvairs were doing. Mark Jones (N886MJ) Stevens Point, WI E-mail: flyk...@charter.net Web: www.flykr2s.com
