WTB - Joe Morris crankshaft
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 12:48 am
Curious if one is out there.
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Re: WTB - Joe Morris crankshaft
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2025 10:29 pm
I'm curious who Joe Morris is, since no one has answered you.
Re: WTB - Joe Morris crankshaft
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2025 11:26 pm
Joe Morris made several T crankshafts (couple dozen?) back in the 70’s-80’s. They were fabricated from pins and webs, and meticulously pressed and welded together. Beautiful cranks, but unfortunately most have already broken. I know where some fragments are…
Re: WTB - Joe Morris crankshaft
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 1:48 am
here you go.......
Re: WTB - Joe Morris crankshaft
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:18 am
Dan, I think I have seen an engine with your main bearing caps and one of these cranks.
Re: WTB - Joe Morris crankshaft
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 10:39 am
I figured it was more of hunting for a piece of art and history than anything else. Wasn’t sure if any had survived.
Kevin Pharis wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2025 11:26 pmJoe Morris made several T crankshafts (couple dozen?) back in the 70’s-80’s. They were fabricated from pins and webs, and meticulously pressed and welded together. Beautiful cranks, but unfortunately most have already broken. I know where some fragments are…
Re: WTB - Joe Morris crankshaft
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:41 pm
Joe Morris was well known in HCCA circles for his knowledge and expertise of one and two cylinder Reo automobiles and rebuilding of the engines. The T cranks he made were because Joe had been fairly successful making Reo crankshafts in pieces and welding them together. Several of the T cranks failed because they were machined with a sharp corner in the fillet of the rear main thrust area rather than a generous radius. I'm not aware of any failures other than the rear flange issue, but perhaps someone else will chime in. AFAIK they were mostly made by Joe, but I understand a few were made by someone who worked with Joe after he stopped. Time wise these were made late '80s / early '90s.
Re: WTB - Joe Morris crankshaft
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2025 5:06 pm
Thank you for sharing. It really seems that a lot of crank failures on rebuilt and even new cranks come down to not cutting enough radius in the crank journals.
Dan McEachern wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:41 pmJoe Morris was well known in HCCA circles for his knowledge and expertise of one and two cylinder Reo automobiles and rebuilding of the engines. The T cranks he made were because Joe had been fairly successful making Reo crankshafts in pieces and welding them together. Several of the T cranks failed because they were machined with a sharp corner in the fillet of the rear main thrust area rather than a generous radius. I'm not aware of any failures other than the rear flange issue, but perhaps someone else will chime in. AFAIK they were mostly made by Joe, but I understand a few were made by someone who worked with Joe after he stopped. Time wise these were made late '80s / early '90s.
Re: WTB - Joe Morris crankshaft
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 9:52 am
deleted my post
Re: WTB - Joe Morris crankshaft
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:52 pm
Was it a good one?
Re: WTB - Joe Morris crankshaft
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:40 pm
I had a Joe Morris crankshaft in my 1907 2 cylinder Buick. It failed after a number of miles when one journal rotated relative to the crankshaft throw.
Re: WTB - Joe Morris crankshaft
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 10:22 pm
I have one. I'll upload photos soon.
Re: WTB - Joe Morris crankshaft
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2025 7:22 pm
"It failed after a number of miles ". The $$S solution for Buicks and Reo's was always a new billet crank from Molex or one of the other crankshaft companies, but ..............