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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:07 am 
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Yep sure enough all six bolts on the crank were loose enough to undo by hand. Amazing what a racket a simple thing like that can cause. So what is the likely cause, mechanical abuse or something else? :)

 

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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:30 am 
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Proberly not torqued right from factory mate, also they proberly did not use any lock tight on the threads.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:32 am 
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Well they're well and truly lock tight'd now :D

 

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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:53 am 
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possibly you need a different harmonic balancer?
just a suggestion.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:38 am 
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whered u get it sorted trent?
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:54 pm 
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Bailey Automatics in Balcatta.

 

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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:00 pm 
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get the histall as well or what :P

 

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