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Hey, if you want to risk having your foot cut off so you can cut some corners...go right on ahead. I'll spend the $40 extra and take safety over an amputation. I leave very little to chance. I'm somewhat surprised that you advocate just throwing a motor together, with all of you're supposed experience.
No, my aftermarket flywheel did not have balance points drilled out when I received and it was suppposed to be pre-balanced. It was not balanced. Which is why I said it needed to be balanced.
Honda's flywheels, much like their crankshafts, are balanced before they leave the factory. Putting that flywheel on a lathe to resurface will take the same amount of material off of the entire face, hence still balanced. Now, if you take off enough material to make it a 12lbs. flywheel instead of a 20lbs. flywheel, you're probably going to want to have it rebalanced due to drastically changing the rotational mass.
"Im pretty sure if you think about it... It will make sense."
First off: I would like to know where i had told him to "just thow the motor together" i HAD stated that if the flywheel was from a QUALITY manufacture then everything should be just fine if it was brand new.
Obviously you got a cheap flywheel from some company who doesnt care that you have a nice product with a easy install.
"And for my supposed experience"...... LOL, LMAO, I bow cause im sure you have been working on vehicles with hands on for 8 yrs and own two successfull businesses with 5 bays, two lathes, 4-wheel alignment machine, tire & wheel mount and balancing machines, tubing bender, 8 employees and like i said i have been around a little while for my age. And if you wonder why i may ask questions on this board is because i know i dont know everything and i learn every single day. But that is how i got to where i am today in my successful career. If you want to argue about a flywheel and it being balanced then i suppose you can think of more to say but i will say; im done. I was trying to give some input. I guess i dont have enough posts on here to be worthy....
Brian knows who i am in a round about way..... And he knows im not one to type some b/s answer and waste my time. I have very little post for two reasons.
1. I dont care to reply to posts that have the correct answers etc... I have seen a few Very Intelligent people on here and give them credit, compared to many of the other forums out there.
2. I am VERY busy and have little time to attend to any forum, but keep in mind i like to when i have time.
Back to the flywheel flying off coming thu the firewall...... If you were look over my previous post it states that if it came from ACT, FIDANZA, AND OR CENTERFORCE i would just install it. IF IT CAME FROM ANYONE else then have it checked. So chill out, and take a deep breath before you try to rip me one.