Harmonic balancer?
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RE: Harmonic balancer?
It goes on the front of the engine located on the front of the crankshaft behind the crank pullys.
Harmonic Balancer (vibration Damper)
The harmonic balancer, or vibration damper, is a device connected to the crankshaft to lessen the torsional vibration. When the cylinders fire, power gets transmitted through the crankshaft. The front of the crankshaft takes the brunt of this power, so it often moves before the rear of the crankshaft. This causes a twisting motion. Then, when the power is removed from the front, the halfway twisted shaft unwinds and snaps back in the opposite direction. Although this unwinding process is quite small, it causes "torsional vibration." To prevent this vibration, a harmonic balancer is attached to the front part of the crankshaft that's causing all the trouble. The balancer is made of two pieces connected by rubber plugs, spring loaded friction discs, or both.
When the power from the cylinder hits the front of the crankshaft, it tries to twist the heavy part of the damper, but ends up twisting the rubber or discs connecting the two parts of the damper. The front of the crank can't speed up as much with the damper attached; the force is used to twist the rubber and speed up the damper wheel. This keeps the crankshaft operation calm.
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RE: Harmonic balancer?
ORIGINAL: shayne
Dude, you're a freakin' genius.
Really thanks, I was wondering about that myself. Later.
S W
Dude, you're a freakin' genius.
Really thanks, I was wondering about that myself. Later.
S W
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RE: Harmonic balancer?
ORIGINAL: Dan9687
haha....ya that was a very good description but I think you might of copied and pasted that one haha.
haha....ya that was a very good description but I think you might of copied and pasted that one haha.
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