Harmonic balancer pin question
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Racer
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Harmonic balancer pin question
Engine is a 1995 stock LT1. If you replace the factory oem balancer with a dayco / powerbond after market unit that is advertised to be neutrally balanced do i need to transfer the pin from the oem factory unit?
I assume that it is not necessary because the front of the engine is balanced internally and I believe that the factory balancer is neutrally balanced ( with this pin in it, and if that pin was removed it would not be balanced) Is that correct?
is the pin in the factory unit there because it's needed to make it neutrally balanced and that balancer is used in other GM applications they require an unbalanced balancer?
I assume that it is not necessary because the front of the engine is balanced internally and I believe that the factory balancer is neutrally balanced ( with this pin in it, and if that pin was removed it would not be balanced) Is that correct?
is the pin in the factory unit there because it's needed to make it neutrally balanced and that balancer is used in other GM applications they require an unbalanced balancer?
Melting Slicks
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An after market balancer should be balanced when you buy it. the bolt pattern only lets it go one way.
FWIW I bought a DAYCO and it wasn't round caused a vibration on acceleration and you could see the tensioner moving at idle.
FWIW I bought a DAYCO and it wasn't round caused a vibration on acceleration and you could see the tensioner moving at idle.
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Racer
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So without the pin is the factory balancer neutrally balanced? And the pin just makes it customized to the engine, by making the balancer a little bit out of neutral to accommodate engine variation? If that is the case when replacing the balancer with a nother neutrally balanced unit I should put the pi in, correct?
