I was responding to Mathieu's statement: "First off the flywheel will require balancing to match that of the flex plate on the m617." I also thought that the flex plate would be insignificant, which is why I asked for clarification.
On 9/7/07, Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Flywheel, not flex plate. The flex plate is pretty much insignificant, > but a Benz flywheel is not. > > Peter > > On Sep 7, 2007, at 7:36 PM, OK Don wrote: > > > Are the flex plates on the auto 617s realy balanced with the crank, > > etc.? Doesn't seem like it has that much mass, and would be close to > > balanced out of the box. Now I konw that when I had a V8 balanced in > > the early '70s, they wanted EVERYTHING that was attached to the crank. > > The couple of flex plates that I've handled showed no signs of having > > been balanced - though the sample is only three or four. > > > > I did swap a good auto 615 engine into a manual 115 once - worried > > about balancing the flywheel to the new engine (I think the manual > > even said to do it), but never saw or felt any vibration nor the > > effects of same in the next 150,000 miles. The chassis rusted away > > first. > > -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." -Benjamin Disraeli '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
