Ford Cologne flywheel balancing

[Kitchski]

So.....I might have done something daft on my TVR S1!

Started stripping my 2.8 down a while back, getting all excited with the windy gun one evening having been here for 10 hours already or something. Buzzed the flywheel off before realising I'd forgotten to mark it! Bolt PCD looks evenly spaced and to my horror......no key or dowel to locate it as I'm used to with all the French tin I normally own.

Anyone know if the flywheel is balanced to the crank? Or are they both balanced neutrally, independant of each other? (Hoping this is the case - it's been suggested on another forum but I remain unconvinced at this point!)

[PaulKemp]

Unless it was done specially the crank is balanced in manufacturing as is the flywheel, they only meet when Fords slapped them together.
The flywheel on its own is balanced to a reasonable tolerance.

I had a Pinto balanced after a rebuild and they balanced crank, flywheel and clutch cover
So even if you could match flywheel to original position you probably don't know where the clutch cover was.

Don't worry it won't notice especially as a V6 is smoother than an inline 4

[heightswitch]

Have you tried putting the flywheel back on in more than one place?? You will probably find that the flywheel bolt pattern is offset drilled so it only goes on one way?
N.

[Kitchski]

heightswitch said:

Have you tried putting the flywheel back on in more than one place?? You will probably find that the flywheel bolt pattern is offset drilled so it only goes on one way?
N.

It's not, it's evenly spaced.

Research conducted thus far suggests it's neutrally balanced independently of the crank, which is a happy outcome