Well, I don't want to be tossing 4 pound hammers at my radiator (or at pedestrians). Car's back in the garage. Got parts on order from a specialist. Hoping to have the correct water pump, a balancer, and some turn signal/back up light gaskets soon. On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list