[Shotimes] Wobbly Harmonic Balancer

[Carl Prochilo]

Can you tell if that part is OEM or aftermarket underdrive from the picture?
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Fri, March 18, 2005 2:48 pm, Kenneth Epperly said:
> 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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