I meant that when i measure the length of the bore of the damper ...its longer .. so it sticks out .030 further than stock. It sticks out a full 0.100 from the face of the crank .
I've read about a lot of the Fluidampers being too wide resulting in having to make accessories line up. That's why I won't use one. That's just stupid. None of their Chevy dampers are like that. I don't think any of the Ford ones are either, so it's something about THEIR tooling they don't want to change. ...and I don't know about being too loose as to affect harmonic dampening. Of course you don't want them fallin off or floppin around loose. Toyotas have had slip on balancers for decades and they run for a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time. They will slip right on by hand, although they are retained with a bolt, of course. They do get "stuck" after years of service but all it takes to free them is a prybar on each side and they pop right off. There is zero press fit. I completely agree with honing them. But don't feel too bad. I recently destroyed a Rollmaster slant six crank gear for basically the same reason. It was really tight going on. I had to remove it after mockup. It would not BUDGE. I had to end up cuttin the beeotch off with an air chisel. When humans are involved, it can happen.
