Hamonic balancers and broken bolts

the-big-e

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I was thinking about the problems with the harmonic balancers and broken bolts and was wondering if anyone has tried to stud the crankshaft with something like an ARP stud?
 
The problem is not the strength of the main bolt... its the HB itself. The inner sleeve is made of aluminum and deforms along the key when its installed making it a use once part. If you installed a strong stud rather than a bolt along with a used HB.. it would eventually snap the stud. This is why BHJ makes a solid steel balancer.
 
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