Movement of the crank out of stock specifications. All cranks have L to R movement, to some extent, but an excessive lateral crank movement has bad reprocussions, such as hitting/grinding/destroying the crank sensor. A "walking" crank necessitates an engine rebuild.
Any car can crankwalk, but Mitsubishi Eclipses, Plymouth Lasers, and Eagle Talons with a 7-bolt motor are notorious for this problem. No recall was ever released as the problem was said to be isolated to a bad batch of cranks, which represented a fraction of the produced cars. Various theories of why crankwalk occurs and what years are most suseptible exist, but none are proven. General consenus is poor oil flow is one cause, and later model years seem to suffer less.
Contrary to popular opinion, any car can crankwalk; Manual, auto, import, domestic, turbo, manual, racecar, beater. All have walked, and all have a chance of walking.
Any car can crankwalk, but Mitsubishi Eclipses, Plymouth Lasers, and Eagle Talons with a 7-bolt motor are notorious for this problem. No recall was ever released as the problem was said to be isolated to a bad batch of cranks, which represented a fraction of the produced cars. Various theories of why crankwalk occurs and what years are most suseptible exist, but none are proven. General consenus is poor oil flow is one cause, and later model years seem to suffer less.
Contrary to popular opinion, any car can crankwalk; Manual, auto, import, domestic, turbo, manual, racecar, beater. All have walked, and all have a chance of walking.
My dsm crankwalked on me, but thankfully my dsm has broken down often enough to make me a real mechanic.
by Awdhooptie April 10, 2005
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Verb which defines the kind of walking style adopted by crack addicts on a mission to get more crack. Typically eyes down, shoulders up, hunched over, listing to the side and small, fast steps.
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Get the Crankalanxious mug.When you cum in a girls mouth and she spits it back out on your stomach. You then have to crabwalk (you're on all fours with your stomach facing the ceiling) to the bathroom so you don't spill any cum.
My friend Andrew had to do the california crabwalk so he wouldn't leak his load juice on the carpet.
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The cities of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Washington, D.C., United States of America were led by Rob Ford and Marion Barry, both of whom admitted to the occasional use of crack cocaine. This form of government is known as a cracktalkracy or cracktocracy.
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