# Motor went **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 24, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motor-went/186425 "2006-11-24T22:45:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 44
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2006, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motor-went/186425/44 "2006-11-25T11:48:18Z")
> [@need help, i think im getting screwed around by the dealer....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-i-think-im-getting-screwed-around-by-the-dealer/26018/27): > > if melt is misaligned it could of been when the motor gave way and lost soem of the tolerances in the motor and crank could of moved [likey? only if motor looks like hte pinks motor did] or the shock of this happened cause it to slip off. > > from what i heard before with that motor id say its done with man, time to swap in a 6.ohhh or buy a low mileage 02 motor Belt misaligned = possible broken crank (I’ve been there before with the 454), or maybe harmonic balancer came apart? Sux to be you. :ugh2: I hope for your sake it is neither. Think of it this way, you now have a chance to build it much bigger. Mine was stock when the crank broke. I probably would have not done what I did if it didn’t happen. Good luck with it. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motor-went/186425)._