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looking for an odd flywheel, late SBC with internal neutral balance
My 383 is built and running and I have a vibration. I had called Eagle when I first bought the balanced assembly. I checked before putting it together and somehow got the wrong story. I was told it uses normal small block balance components. Well that is not true.
I opened it up again yesterday and got the part numbers, the tech help at Eagle confirmed today that it is an internal balance design. But I don't see any good buys on a flywheel that is neutral. Most one piece rear seal cranks are combination balanced with a front damper and a weighted flywheel. The LS flywheels are neutral, do they bolt up? Do the holes in any of the other styles mate up to a Mercruiser coupler? I sure hope I haven't gone too far into Frankenstein territory here! Looking for flywheel help. Should I have a factory flywheel machined down to neutral? Or bite the bullet and spend? |
You can have a shop mill off the weights on your current flywheel.
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Yes, that was a conclusion I came to after posting. I'm glad you said it though. It's good to get some agreement from more experienced folks before doing something new.
Thanks. |
Originally Posted by NHGuy
(Post 4453885)
Yes, that was a conclusion I came to after posting. I'm glad you said it though. It's good to get some agreement from more experienced folks before doing something new.
Thanks. |
The flywheel will still need balancing after machining. Think engine shop can just drill holes without milling the wheel either way.
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I'll have to see if my machinist has balancing stuff. He's an industrial prototype & contract machinist as opposed to an auto & engine machinist. I'm getting it milled flat, but it does have a couple of balance holes.
My engine guy is near my old work. If it's not smooth it's off to the balance shop. |
my local machine shop does them forvme all the time..he charges me 50 bucks to zero balance them
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Real cheap to have weight taken off, real expensive to have it put on. Also aren't 400's flywheel neutral (if needed)?
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Yah, but 400's use the old 2 piece seal bolt circle and tooth count
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It's reassembled and hooray, the shake is gone.
The machinist who balanced it must have done so with either a neutral wheel or nothing. So my summer is back on. I have only run it on a stand and out of water on the trailer. I'll report back any oddities in use. |
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