engine balencing

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M20olly
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Post Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:00 pm

hi, i have a crank shaft for my 2.7 that has allready been built into a block and torqued up etc. i belive the crank to have been ballenced but the block did not come with a flywheel.
I now have a flywheel and am having it lightened, they say that they can not ballence it without the crank which i dont want to remove from the block. do you think i will get away with just putting it all together or is there alot more to it than this?

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Post Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:57 pm

You probably would get away without having it all balanced, but for the sake of a set of main bolts, I'd have it out and get the whole lot ballanced.

They'll need the crank damper and also the clutch cover plate too.

Also, it'll give you a chance to check that the crank journals are in fine fettle or whether they're in need of replacement.