Wow, so those chunks out of my damper aren't a crude way of balancing
it? I always thought it was sort of hokey, but hadn't been suspicious
until now. Time to break out the credit card!
Jay
'73 TR6
On Jul 15, 2005, at 8:36 AM, Robert M. Lang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> One more data point - you can buy NEW harmonic dampeners. I
> purchased from
> APT (www.aptfast.com), but it had what looked like a Moss part
> number on
> it, so Moss might have 'em too.
>
> Regarding "dropped" dampeners. I'd be really careful about re-using
> one of
> these things that's been dropped. Vance is right, they break very
> easily.
> If you plan to turn your motor loose from time-to-time, shrapnel
> from a
> broken harmonic dampener can make a realy mess of your engine
> compartment
> (not to mention _you_ if you happen to have the bonnet open when
> the thing
> breaks).
>
> regards,
> rml
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