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first CONGRATS on helping out a fellow corvette enthusiast, especially when it involved a over night out of state trip to do it!
thanks for posting that!
btw heres a bit more related info, and if your un-aware that elastomer ring failure where the inner and outer hub separate is rather common failure in older high performance corvettes, so it pays to verify TDC when ever you tune or trouble shoot a car thats more than 10-15 years old, and in most cases youll want to replace the factory damper with a well marked aftermarket version on a performance application
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YOU can do a quick test to see if the inner and outer damper ring bond is loose,degrease the damper with some carburetor cleaner spray, then grab your wifes bottle of brite red or orange nail polish, and Draw a line on the front of the balancer across both the inner and outer hub rings, with the little paint brush under the cap, . Start the car , once it warms up reve the engine to 3500 rpm or so 6-7 times and inspect that nail polish line location, too see if the lines continue to align using the timing light. or turn off the engine and and use a brite flash lite ,If the lines are not,still lined up, the outer hub ring is slipping which misaligned the timing mark. So you end up the timing well out of speck and who knows where in relation to true TDC,.
Id suggest replacing your balancer immediately if its outer ring is loose with an SFI certified damper matching your application.
if your front crank seal leaks over time it can dissolve the elastic between the inner and outer damper hub weights
thanks for posting that!
btw heres a bit more related info, and if your un-aware that elastomer ring failure where the inner and outer hub separate is rather common failure in older high performance corvettes, so it pays to verify TDC when ever you tune or trouble shoot a car thats more than 10-15 years old, and in most cases youll want to replace the factory damper with a well marked aftermarket version on a performance application
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=3554
viewtopic.php?f=52&t=966
viewtopic.php?f=70&t=4683&p=34586&hilit=tabs#p34586
viewtopic.php?f=50&t=10623
viewtopic.php?f=70&t=1015&p=32934&hilit=tabs#p32934
YOU can do a quick test to see if the inner and outer damper ring bond is loose,degrease the damper with some carburetor cleaner spray, then grab your wifes bottle of brite red or orange nail polish, and Draw a line on the front of the balancer across both the inner and outer hub rings, with the little paint brush under the cap, . Start the car , once it warms up reve the engine to 3500 rpm or so 6-7 times and inspect that nail polish line location, too see if the lines continue to align using the timing light. or turn off the engine and and use a brite flash lite ,If the lines are not,still lined up, the outer hub ring is slipping which misaligned the timing mark. So you end up the timing well out of speck and who knows where in relation to true TDC,.
Id suggest replacing your balancer immediately if its outer ring is loose with an SFI certified damper matching your application.
if your front crank seal leaks over time it can dissolve the elastic between the inner and outer damper hub weights
When Grumpy said "trip", somehow that made me think of "Have Gun-Will Travel". With all the reality shows now, Brian could be in a spin-off called Have Tools-Will Travel. No doubt the writers of today could make that the latest hit reality show.
Nice work Brian, hope you got some compensation for your trouble.
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. Brian thank you just doesn't say enough! To everyone who reads this post Brian is "Top Shelf Front Row" "TSFR" Person! True blue American, just plain good folk! Getting to know him has been real pleasure, he had high praises for Grumpy also, hey Grumpy I heard you really like to do the Hunting thing. I myself have been to Montana 13 trips have 2 Boone and Crockett Mountain Lions I took in the Bob Marshall wilderness on 2 different trips. We need to all get together and do some hunting.
Id love too get a few guys who show some interest together with some site members and go hunting some place, as soon as my finances get a bit better!
(not supporting my self AND my son and his kids and wife ETC.)
BTW we do have this section you can post in
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(not supporting my self AND my son and his kids and wife ETC.)
BTW we do have this section you can post in
viewforum.php?f=85