WTB - Joe Morris crankshaft

[blauvelt]

Curious if one is out there.

[ModelTWoods]

I'm curious who Joe Morris is, since no one has answered you.

[Kevin Pharis]

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…

[Dan McEachern]

here you go.......

[Mike Lebsack-Iowa]

Dan, I think I have seen an engine with your main bearing caps and one of these cranks.

[blauvelt]

I figured it was more of hunting for a piece of art and history than anything else. Wasn’t sure if any had survived.

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…

[Dan McEachern]

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.

[blauvelt]

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.

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.

[flatbroke3]

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[blauvelt]

Was it a good one?

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[49willard]

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.

[Ujustwaite]

I have one. I'll upload photos soon.

[Dan McEachern]

"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 ..............