Reusing rods

pishta said

Flex plate is neutral balanced, sending that in wont change the bobweight. I dont think you can even balance a fluiddamper style damper, or a convertor without a special jig to hold the stator. All the 318 dampers are neutral balanced....a bunch of zeros add up to zero.

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If it’s a Chrysler style flex plate, it doesn’t make much difference. If it’s a GM/Ford style you’d better damn well bolt it on because it will change the balance of the crank.

Any shop that doesn’t balance the whole assembly should either learn to do it correctly or quit doing balance jobs. Everything needs to go on the crank when balancing, with the exception of quality dampers like the FD, Innovaters West and the ATI stuff.

If it looks like an OE damper in needs to be on the crank because it will change the balance of the crank.