<VV> FC Engines - Harmonic Balancer or not?

J R Read_HML hmlinc at sbcglobal.net
Tue Jul 18 15:19:30 EDT 2006


Bill,

They don't typically fail "all at once".  There is usually some warning - 
such as fan belt won't stay on.  Time to inspect!  If you miss that one, you 
still get the "slices the side of the oil filter" one.  Now, if you've not 
figured it out by that point, you need to stop driving Vairs.

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris & Bill Strickland" <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> FC Engines - Harmonic Balancer or not?


> Although some will say this is heresy, maybe they are all off to 
> convention --
>
> I prefer the solid cast pulleys on a Corvair engine -- the design of the 
> balancers is faulty and the stamped steel pulleys are not much better. On 
> the balancer the pulley groove is in the rubber mounted part, and even 
> when it is frequently inspected, the Lord only knows when it is going to 
> fail, and with the a/c you are going to be increasing the load from the 
> alternator.
>
> Now the harmonic balancer IS a good idea, and they work -- it is just that 
> on a Corvair, which has a much higher likelihood of balancer failure than 
> say a 350 V-8 due to the poor design, when that balancer fails, it takes 
> out the oil filter, and then also very likely, you are looking a broken 
> crank.  When this happens away from home with a family driver, it becomes 
> rather inconvenient. Them racer boys have a trailer and other 
> transportation, so when it breaks, they aren't stranded, so don't listen 
> to them.  Many of the show car guys don't drive in places where cell 
> phones don't work. But if this happens say out near Wagontire, Oregon, on 
> your way from Klamath Falls to Boise, whatcha gonna do?
>
> Godspeed,
>
> Bill Strickland
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