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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Mustang / April 2005

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'86 Ford 302/5.0L HO 50 oz balance

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ironradio - 19 Apr 2005 17:21 GMT
Does an '86 50 oz externally balanced Ford 302/5.0L engine need a 50 oz
imbalanced flywheel AND a 50 oz imbalanced harmonic balancer?

The reason I'm asking is the following. When I bought the vehicle
containing the subject engine, there was a lot of engine vibration. I
looked and the outer ring on the harmonic balancer was cocked so I
started to do research and found that the balancer for an '86 5.0L
should be a 50 oz model. So I got one and put it on, finding the old
one was a 28 oz model. Doing so smoothed the engine out quite a bit.
Later for other reasons, I replaced the flywheel (which I found was
also a 28 oz model) with a 50 oz model. After this, the engine
vibration came back.

So what's the deal? should both the balancer AND flywheel have a 50 oz
imbalance on an '86 5.0L or only one?

Thanks! Dave
japhar81 - 19 Apr 2005 17:35 GMT
Not that I'm by any means an expert, but I would think only one.

> Does an '86 50 oz externally balanced Ford 302/5.0L engine need a 50 oz
> imbalanced flywheel AND a 50 oz imbalanced harmonic balancer?
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> Thanks! Dave
66 6F HCS - 19 Apr 2005 19:04 GMT
>> So what's the deal? should both the balancer AND flywheel have a 50 oz
>> imbalance on an '86 5.0L or only one?

I'm no expert either, but on my 351W engine balance, of the two, only the
flywheel had weight added to it to balance out the system, not the harmonic
balancer.
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gcroix - 19 Apr 2005 23:09 GMT
From what I understand, the harmonic balancer and flywheel/flexplate are a
set.  A 50 oz harmonic is for a 50 oz flywheel, etc.  You can't mix a 28 oz
balancer with a 50 oz flywheel/flexplate.

Gary in EC, NC
 
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