To add to this the parts aren't out of balance by design. Manufacturing
tolerances are the cause of balance problems. You just might have the
engine where every thing went right and it will be in balance already.
If you don't have a good relationship with the shop they will still
charge you full price to just check a well balanced engine, and then tell
you how much work it was to get your engine balanced.
Chris hall
On Thu, 05 Apr 2001 15:20:02 -0500 Bill Adams <badams@IBB.GOV> writes:
> Balancing only means that the pistons, con rods and crankshaft will
> be
> checked to see if they are within 1-2 grams of one another. The
> crank
> gets spun and checked for harmonic imbalance.
> All this is to help when she spins up to high rpms. At lower, like
> 3K
> and below, the forces aren't all that great to necessitate the
> effort.
>
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