I recall when building engines of lesser precision (American iron from 40+ years ago) that when I had the engine balanced, I took the crank, harmonic balancer, flywheel,and pressure plate to the balancer. He would balance them as a unit, making adjustments in weight at various points. These engines were not balanced (much) from the factory, so balancing the rotating masses, checking rod and piston weights, etc. really made a difference in a smooth engine build. Now, I've stepped up to real engineering and construction.

 

Weigh yourself. Stand the correct horizontal distance from the bolt on your cheater bar.

 

"Stand the correct horizontal distance from the bolt on your cheater bar."
I like this very very much . Never goes out of calibration , can't over torque .

 

Did I see a pair of torque setting shoes in WalMart the other day ? Maybe they were ice skates !!!

Geoff

 

Maybe up north thats the way you do it , but down south in yahoo land we use torque setting Stirrups ?

 

Are the stirrups the sheep riding type or the apparatus involved with childbirth ??

Geoff

 

sheep riding ?
I think you have me confused with Bearclaw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiQntJC-Efw