[Shotimes] Wobbly Harmonic Balancer

[Kenneth Epperly]

That just looks like a balancer failure. I had the keyway dissolving on one 
of mine but it never affected the balancer.

        Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Prochilo" <GR8SHO@adelphia.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>; <techsho@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 1:37 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Wobbly Harmonic Balancer


> Wow, Check this out.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6asvg
>
> The last picture is the best.  Of the choices it could have been, this is 
> by far the best!!!
>
> So George wins.  I knew something was up when I felt metal shavings in my 
> hand.
>
> On the topic of crank cancer, I can see better from my example and the 
> service manual how it would be very difficult to see (versus hear) at 
> least initially.  A worn Woodruff key and crank slot would create a 
> problem in the same plane as the pulley.  It's major consequence is that 
> timing integrity is lost and the engine won't work right.  The play in the 
> locking mechanism should be heard and the power loss more detectable as 
> the slop increases due to wear.  I'll know better once I get the part off, 
> but I suspect the crankshaft timing gear is somewhat independent of the 
> harmonic damper.
>
> ====
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
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