Jimmy:
I have heard of this, although I have not personally experienced
it. I have had "Damper Doctor" www.damperdoctor.com recommended to me as
a source of rebuilding for dampers.
Be careful you don't drop the damper. It is cast iron and very
brittle, and it will take a chunk out of the lip if it is dropped. They
are amazingly hard to locate in good condition. I dropped mine, and of
course a big chip flew off the edge. !$#%$^%#. So I made a trip to my
local LBC salvage yard. They had 6 dampers on the shelf, and every one
of them had been dropped and were chipped. I got a good one on eBay.
I suppose one might be able to weld it, or turn a replacement
part in a lathe, but that is a lot of trouble and cost for something
that should be so cheap to replace.
Cheers,
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of JIMMY RICHARDS
Sent: July 15, 2005 3:33 AM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: harmonic balancer shift
oh great ones,
I took an engine from my junk 76 TR6 to the machine shop to see if it
was an
acceptable core. After the inspection it was deemed to be a good one.
Six
months later, most of the work has been done. While dialing-in the cam
timing, the machinist determined that the scale on the harmonic balancer
had
shifted on the pully ( 8-10 degrees). A mark on the flywheel that lines
up
with the back engine plate was right on.
I'm not sure that I've heard of this "shift" before. Has anyone else
experienced this? I would assume that the remedies would be to replace
or
restore the balancer.
Where might someone have a balancer restored? Is this something that
might be
swapped with another used one? Are used ones generally reliable?
Thanks in advance,
Jimmy Richards
CF165--U about to get a fresh engine
CF204--UO current ride
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