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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 11:34 AM
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I have a 408 that was built by a well known supplier. When tightening the balancer bolt I noticed that as the motor turns it has what feels like a slight bind in the same spot as I go around. I listened close and all I could hear was the rings scraping on the cylinder walls. I did get a little rough tapping on the super dampener till I could get the threads to catch on the bolt. Do I need to take the pan back off to inspect everything or is this normal? Ken
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 01:19 PM
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Are the plugs in or out? Its most likely the compression stroke. Balancers dont go on with a hammer either.
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 01:23 PM
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Plugs out. Yea I was real stupid. I turned it over a bunch and it gradually loosened up-I think OK for now.
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 01:28 PM
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It's probably the compression stroke. Good eye/ear tho. Better safe then sorry
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