Is there an issue with these from Rootes Spares?
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The pulley is used to control down "torsional vibrations" inside the crankshaft. Torsional "twisting" of the crankshaft due to the power impulses.
So I never understand why it's okay to use a solid pulley and ignore the problem.
Jan
It might be that those "power impulses" are a lot more powerful and potentially destructive on the aluminum head, twin carb Alpines vs the rest of the Rootes fleet. What pulley did the Rapiers run?
... As a number of UK owners have suffered from modern versions of the harmonic balancer breaking up and wrecking the engine I feel a lot safer with the solid one.
Tim R
I have on my shelf a harmonic balancer from Rootes Spares and one from BHJ Dynamics. Is one better than the other?