Tameni made PM Tuning crank, 107mm rod failure issue....

[dansacred]

so the 60x110 tameni that just got delivered should be ok? "pray"

[tavspeed]

running a mec 60mm crank in my rapido 230,with the silver rod anyone had a failure with these or is it the copper coloured rods the dodgy ones.

[diesel]

What is it about them that's failing? are they snapping at the small end? is the big end bearing going? I'm assuming that the distortion in the picture occurred post-failure when the rod was pushed through the casing or something,so where is the initial fault manifesting itself?

[drunkmunkey6969]

'Gold/Bronze' style rods, on Tameni made cranks (MEC etc) snapping just below the little end eye hole and wiping our engines......

[lammy57]

b@11@x got one in my gt 200 kit mind you been in close to 2000 miles should be ok?

[lammy57]

Now I could not sleep last night thinking should I change the crank or not! I have a run booked for Belgium soon and it is playing on my mind ffs more sleepless nights! whats your thoughts?

[goldeneye]

silver rodded MECUR with black webs in mine, 7 years no problems. had two AF cranks (one a race crank, one a rebuilt indian with uprated bearing) fail on me , the race crank I put down to high milage, the second went after 46 miles of running in, big end seized solid. both happened at low speed, 40-ish miles an hour, and low revs.

[drunkmunkey6969]

My personal experience with regard to this thread is on the 'gold/bronze' type rods, 107mm length, of recent manufacture by Tameni, for PM Tuning, MEC and others.

It would be fair to say older MEC cranks were OK.....we used them a lot, no problems.

It's the more recent batches which are going tits up, so if you have one that's been in for a while and done thousands of miles I shouldn't worry.

[nsaints]

Looks like I need to be in the 'worried camp' - black web's, bronze coloured rod, 107, bought in the last 12 months...No idea if it's a Tameni made crank or not
Any thoughts on a safe power output assuming the worst and I defo have one of these cranks

Have the failures been seen only on +25 BHP engine's?

FYI - I'm running a GT186, PHBL 25mm, Clubman

[Architecten]

So are we saying the 110mm conrod on the MEC crank is ok?