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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 06:58 PM
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When an engine rotating assembley is balanced its balanced as a whole right?

So surely if you lighten a flywheel that fucks the engine balance quite majorly dont it?

I mean, if you ran without, or with a different, crank balancer on the other end, thatd fuck the balance in an engine killing way quite nicely, wont it?

What about the ancillary belts running off that end? doesnt things straining on one end of the crank fuck the balance too?
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 07:12 PM
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it can be balanced in parts or as a full assembley

, you shouldnt be about to put enough load on the crank pully to fuck things up dude
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 07:21 PM
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but if you lighten a crank pulley that fucks up balance, so why wouldnt lightening a flywheel, considering the amount thats taken off?

i can understand the main balance is on the rotational axis, but crank balancers are so important, im suprised changing the other stuff dont totally fuck it
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 07:29 PM
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i had my flywheel, clutch cover and main pulley balanced with engine.
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 08:07 PM
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they say you should have the front pulley, the crank, the flywheel and the clutch assembly balanced all together as a rotating unit
you can then balance the rods and pistons seperatly
i can't see the pulleys affecting the crank any more than the force of the rods going up and down at 50 mph every nanosecond can you
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 08:10 PM
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my piston and rod combos weigh the exact same as each other too
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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by rapidcossie
my piston and rod combos weigh the exact same as each other too
so they should do
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