Shake Shake Shake

pishta said

do they move/slide on the fingers or do the fingers move? I get the fact that the thin spring is there to keep them circular and it would have to allow the whole 'ring' to expand with the fingers (the weights spreading out along with the fingers) but I would expect a fine piece of engineering (product of the year, etc) to at least relax to a static state that could be repeatable. I guess not from your hands on experience. That's not good. Id also expect the ring of weights to stay circular, equidistant from the crank centerline so the balance would not change through the operating range. I guess well never know unless you pull the trans and start it up without it.

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The weights move on the fingers. You can't look at the picture you posted and see how that can happen. Not trying to drop the hammer on you, just pointing out what a steaming pile of crap that whole system is.

If you don't know (or remember) I've been very vocal about my pure loathing of a diaphragm pressure plate. The CF system is that, and worse because of that stupid weight system. If you make the weights so they can't move on the fingers, the pressure plate won't work, because every time you pushed the pedal it would bind up because the weights would bind it up.

It's just a bad suystem and they've marketed that junk like a pro. The sad fact is that most guys will never notice or complain about the shaking issue. They think it's normal because their engine is so "radical" when they are really just shaking their **** apart..

That thing is junk. Period.

OP, I'd pull that thing apart and just remove the weights. Just unbend the ends of the wire and slide the weights off of it. That will stop the shaking. Unless it changes the balance job enough that it shakes all the time. That should NOT happen, but I've never balanced one of those with the weights on it.

Sad this is still happening.