Here is the rod bearing it looks like the cage that spaces out all the rollers is completely missing see how all the rollers are bunched together, this is what was locking up the bottom end they all bunched together then wedged tight.

The whole rod assembly needs replaced (rod, pin, bearings) the rest of the crankshaft looks good and reusable.

stix,you got another one?
Hoser,guess I'll do all 3 suggestions.Tried calling Randy today,phone was busy for 3 hrs,I can never get that guy.
I found a guy on ebay that has one,he's gonna send me some pics,but he thinks the rod Might need to be replaced,he says The big bearing end is fine but the small end where the piston bearing and pin run through, might be questionable,so will that do me any good?

Hoser,Randy advertises this:
New Crank Rod Kit Includes the rod, thrust washers, bearing and Aftermarket pin LIMITED AMOUNT
if he has one,is this what I need to fix mine?

Ha Ha that's me on Ebay you were asking if I had a crank, I just sent you the pics to your email address. Check it out and let me know man!

lol
got the pics,I'll post them here and get hosers opinion because I don't know any better
thanks

Got your bottom end in the mail got a chance to look at it yesterday, I finally got the drive clutch off the crank you used up about everything I had to get that sucker, tools, bolts, patients, experience etc.

The first thing I had to do was remove that push pin so I could see if the threads could be saved that pin just did not want to come out the grease had a hold on it, after flushing out the grease with brake cleaner and compressed air I was able to get the pin to move then was able to get a magnet to hook on and pull it out, once out I got out my taps and found a tap to match the threads, it was a 9/16 fine thread the bolt you tried to use was coarse thread, the threads are in pretty bad shape, I took the tap and threaded the hole in deeper then did some measuring to figure out how much to cut off your push pin so the new push bolt could reach the new threads, then I had to find another bolt to use after digging through my last chance spare parts bucket (5 gallon bucket of bolts I have collected over the past 25 years) I found a 9/16 fine thread bolt but the bolt was not threaded far enough to use all the new threads I created so I had to take a die nut and thread more of the bolt.

Once the threads was fixed up as best I could fix them I filled the clutch up with grease again, pit in the push pin and cranked in the bolt until tight by hand, then used a wrench to tighten it as tight as I could by hand then I put a socket and impact wrench on it, crossed my fingers and said a little prayer before pulling the trigger on the impact gun, presto it popped right off.


Here is the old bolt the shorten push pin and the new bolt.

hoser do you remember how far the new bolt went in before clutch popped off? did it go all the way till it touched the front surface of the clutch? My impact wont get it off and the bolt stops little over about 1/8 inch from touching front of clutch plate.You would think that would be far enough in but I guess not

Does it matter which way push pin goes in?
I've been putting skinny end in first