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First let me apologize to slopoke17 for hijacking your thread... didn't think it would be so involved
And thanks to all of you for your help! Just some more background. I took a picture of the balancers so every one else following this thread has a clear idea of what's going on:
You can see the balance wheight as the white dot in the stock balancer on the left. It's a small "slug" pressed into the outer ring at about 12 o'clock in the photo. The balancer on the right is my new Powerbond 10% UD. As you can see, there is not much room to drill a hole in the outer ring of the Powerbond pulley, and a hole any more than about 1/8 inch deep will break into the grooves for the serpentine belt (probably not good for the belt)
At this point, I think I'm going to proceed with installing the PB balancer "as is".
Thanks again.
Paul
Thats what me and 1000's of others have done. No troubles!
Paint a white line on the front of the balancer. Make sure it marks the outer ring abd hub.. Take the car for a frisky drive. Then examine the white line. If it isnt still lined up,,,your ballancer is TOAST. Sounds like you outer ring is no longer bonded to the hub