Re: Model A flywheeel lightened
Something else occurred to me after I finished the signing and sealing of my last post. It could roughly be called torquing or twisting the crank upon stopping the engine. I see this old iron as living on borrowed time (85 + years) How long before the twisting action of a heavy flywheel is going to twist off a crankshaft. They're already flexing plenty at stopping when the energy in the flywheel wants to keep turning. We may have to make a larger diameter and heavier harmonic
balancer to equalize and minimize this twisting action. Just some random thoughts on the subject.
Terry
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