Re: [Amc-list] Baby's got new shoes!

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Sandwich Maker wrote:

> not as a balancer, but it is still important as a damper for torsional
> crank vibrations.  that's what the rubber-isolated ring does - or more
> precisely, it splits the torsional resonant peak into two smaller
> peaks, one higher and one lower in rpm.

It's also a ten-pound chunk of steel spinning at 2000 rpm,
containing more energy than a 4 lb hammer thrown as hard as
you can against your radiator.

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