Re: [AMC-List] 6 cylinder harmonic balancer

["Jay" <jciampi@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the info John.

Jay
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Elle" <johnelle@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [AMC-List] 6 cylinder harmonic balancer


> Jay
> SNIP
> I see a bunch of V8 harmonic balancers for sale on ebay, but almost
> never
> see one for  a 232 or 258 engine.  They don't give trouble?  I guerss
> they
> can be rebuilt? -Jay in FL.
> SNIP
> The harmonic balancers for I-6 engines are not usually stressed into a
> failure mode so there is not a lot of need for one. 
> But if they are damaged, the AMC I-6 engine families (258, 232 and 199)
> are internally balanced so that a harmonic balancer can be swapped from
> one to another with no problems. The V8 engine families are external
> balanced which means that the harmonic balancer is part of the balancing
> assembly for the given displacement of the engine and can not be swapped
> (for the most part) to another engine with out rebalancing it for the
> new size. Also the mounting holes for various pulleys very, it is 3 or 4
> holes so depending on the year they are unique again for the engine. In
> addition V8 engines have been used for "race" motors and if the rubber
> is bad high rpm can damage them thus creating a need for them. 
> Both the I6 and V8 harmonic balancers can be rebuilt and there are a
> number of companies that do just that. 
> John. 
> 
> 
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