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By pintoplumber - 12 Years Ago
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I was up at the machine shop today, and I thought you might like to see a crank in the balancer.
This should be a viedo, not sure what I did wrong.
My machinist used to race, here's 4 wally's he won. Columbus,Englishtown, Gainesville, and Pomona.
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By Daniel Jessup - 12 Years Ago
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all i got are red "x's"???
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By pintoplumber - 12 Years Ago
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I was editing.
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 12 Years Ago
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Dennis:
Is that your crank on the balancer? Jus' wondering, looks like a 312 crank to me.
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By Glen Henderson - 12 Years Ago
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Looks like a 312 to me also John, you don't think Dennis would be trying too slip one in the 54 and keep it looking like a 239.
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By Daniel Jessup - 12 Years Ago
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Ok, I can see those photos now. Nice!
Is that YOUR crank? Did you have those mains turned down to 292 spec?
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By LordMrFord - 12 Years Ago
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Interesting pictures.I started to think, how they balanced cranks before the computers?
This video, I presume?
http://s299.beta.photobucket.com/user/pintoplumber/media/272pistonscutskirt049_zps59b8c432.mp4.html?sort=3&o=2
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By pintoplumber - 12 Years Ago
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Nah, I'm his plumber - he lets me hang around the shop sometimes.
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By pintoplumber - 12 Years Ago
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That would be sneaky, wouldn't it?
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By pintoplumber - 12 Years Ago
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Thanks Mr Ford.That's it.
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By jrw429 - 12 Years Ago
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Was the operation in the video turning down the main bearing size? It didn't look like it was balancing anything. Would balancing be a different operation, or (quite likely!) do I just not understand what I was seeing?
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By DryLakesRacer - 12 Years Ago
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My experience (which is limited) when you see bob-weights attached to the rod throws it's a balencing process. There was no large grinding wheel is sight so I believe no resizing was taking place.
Not sure about what looked like a polisher in the first photo. Like I said limited knowledge........JD
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By pintoplumber - 12 Years Ago
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The motor in the background drives a thin rubber belt which contacts the center main bearing. The crank is spinning at 600 rpm's and the left dial shows the imbalance.
In the video there is grinding noise coming from the other side of the shop, where they are resurfacing something.
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