" From: das24rules@xxxxxxxxx " " i have another ballancer or two i think i " might change sometime. it looks to be strait and all. would that outer ring " thro it off ballance any? i think the weights are on the inner part correct? " " dave stohler an internally balanced engine - like an i6 - shouldn't have any offset weight in the balancer. it really isn't a 'balancer', rather a 'damper' of crank torsional vibrations, and it does that by making the springiness of the rubber ring and the weight of the metal ring just right, so they vibrate at the same freq as the crank and cancel it - or rather, split the peak to two smaller peaks, at higher and lower rpm. it got to be called 'balancer' on v8 engines that aren't internally balanced, like amc's. external offset weight is needed in the flywheel and often in the damper as well to make up for what's missing from the crank. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com