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Old 07-31-2008, 04:24 PM
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And yet another view of why we tighten our nuts and bolts. I guess I should add here a harmonic balancer takes TREMENDOUS abuse...that is why it is there. The explosions of the pistons are constantly vibrating and torquing the balancer trying to shake it literally off the crank...yet, you don't see any threads here. CLAMP is why it is held in place.

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