You should be able to use a flywheel from a manual OM621 (200D) or something like a M180 (220 Sb) those have the counter weight and could be balanced to the 617 flywheel.
At 04:54 PM 12/22/2007, you wrote: >On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:03:36 -0600 Fmiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The flywheel is the tough part. Since the OM617 is _not_ > > internally balanced and the OM616 _is_, the right way to do the > > job is to have non-balanced flywheel that compensates for the > > engine imbalance. > > > > Mathieu J. Cama and Craig McCluskey have both done it. I think > > there were others too. Maybe they can chime in with the "real" > > answer. > >The driveshaft isn't exactly easy, but the flywheel is difficult, if you >want to do it right. > >If you want to do it the right way, like the factory manual says, you'll >need to remove the old flywheel from the engine (AFTER marking its >position) and balance the new flywheel to it (facing the same direction, >but rotated 180 degrees, IIRC). I didn't do that. I had the flywheel >static balanced and slapped it on the engine (after putting the proper >input shaft support bearing in) and got away with it. I've driven 65 kmi >since then without problems. YMMV! > > >Craig > >_______________________________________ >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 Loren Faeth _______________________________________ 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
