Duramax Crankshaft Failure: Causes and Prevention

One common issue for 6.6L Duramax engines is snapped crankshafts. A shop tear-down of an engine core from an unmodified, stock, heavy-duty truck with a correctly-torqued crank bolt and harmonic balancer provides evidence as to why this happens, and offers valuable insights into the Duramax crankshafts failure issue and how to prevent such failures.

A great teardown video from Dave’s Auto Center gives us a look at the Duramax’s biggest breakdown conundrum.

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