[DeTomaso] Harmonic Balancer

[Asa Jay Laughton]

You said dual keys.  Does that mean there are two keyways on the new  
balancer?  Did you use the correct one?

I honestly wouldn't think it should be off that much.
Asa Jay


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Quoting sean mundy <seanmundy at hotmail.com>:

>
> Oh now more things to check.  The Romac balancer says its a Ford C/W  
> with 28oz balance Dual Keys PN 0241SA/28/B.
> My timing chain gear and crank gear seem to be lined up correctly  
> with the dots matched up.
> My #1 piston is at TDC and both valves appear to be closed.  I test  
> fitted the Romac balancer and the 0 timing mark is way off the  
> timing pointer.
> I put my old balancer back on and the 0 mark lines up right on the  
> timing pointer.   WHAT!!
> When I stacked the two balancers I lined up the keyways on each and  
> also the 28oz balance.
> Thats why I assumed the old balancer was bad.  Now it seems the  
> timing marks on the Romac are not correct!
> Nothing is ever easy for me.
>
>
>
> From: JDeRyke at aol.com
> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:43:52 -0400
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Harmonic Balancer
> To: seanmundy at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
>
> Second possible problem with balancers: the OEM harmonic balancer  
> had a 28 inch-ounce imbalance weight built in to help balance the  
> crank, and the OEM flywheel did also. Then, to keep us alert, Ford  
> changed the balance factor in the early '80s for pushrod small  
> blocks to 50 inch-ounces. So when (not if) you order a new harmonic  
> balancer, be very sure you specify a 28 (or 28.2) in-oz balance  
> factor- and that you receive what you orderered. Mixing up the  
> factors on either balancer or flywheel will make a stock-balanced  
> engine shake like a wet dog and the only fix is to change the new  
> part for one done right! FWIW- J Deryke
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