Engine/Transmission (1994 - 1998) fluidamper pinning kit

[Highfinance97]

just a thought, but how much is the pin kit?

call horshell and tell them you bought a dampr and you need a kit,

the might give you one. (dont hold me to it though)

or ask for that and the relocating bracket when you order one





Michael

 

[BigBadDodge]

IMO if your under 3500 rpm and STOCK then stick with the stock dampner. If your not stock or more importantly adding additional wieght to the other end of the crank i. e. Dual and Triple disc clutches, bigger heavier drivelines etc... then its a must. As far as the pin kit its cheap when it comes to saftey!!!! if it fly's off and your turning over 3500 rpm I bet you get asked if it was pinned as recomended by the manufacturere!!!!!







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[wildmanben]

I suppose I better get one before the season starts then for 07... Planning on getting a SBC DD this spring.

 

[Mark Craig]

wildmanben,



Less than $40. 00 and that includes the drill bit too!



Mark @ DPPI

 

[Forrest Nearing]

so the pins are stronger than the bolts? or just more resistant to shearing?

 

[TurboTweaker]

careful with the drill bit mine snapped right off on the 2nd time around. thats why i never pinned mine that and it takes forever to get the jig on and off. you have to walk it on the crank and just about chisel it off, wait i did have to chisel it off. thats not cool



The Fat kid

Andy

 

[BigBadDodge]

careful with the drill bit mine snapped right off on the 2nd time around. thats why i never pinned mine that and it takes forever to get the jig on and off. you have to walk it on the crank and just about chisel it off, wait i did have to chisel it off. thats not cool



The Fat kid

Andy

I was able to get a gear puller on it to remove it, had to do some grinding on the feet of the gear puller to get them in behind the jig but came off pretty easy with the puller.



BBD

 

[RSP]

Just wondering if you guys with the fluidamprs are installing new bolts or just reusing the old ones? I done the pin kit and put the old bolts back in but I can get new if need be.

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

A couple more thoughts to add to the discussion above . . .



I think pinning the damper makes it more effective. Even with the stock bolts torqued down the strong torsional vibes could make the damper walk ever so slightly, and the bolts may even "wobble" back and forth (I'm talking in the microns). You have tremendous forces twisting the damper in both directions. With the high frequency of the crank harmonics it wouldn't take much rocking to decrease efficiency. So it would seem to reason adding the pin vitually eliminate this and makes it a rigid interface that effectively transmits vibes to the damper.



The Fluidampr would benefit those running a lot of torque/HP but not running past 3000 RPM, especially when towing. The crank is definitely seeing some torsional flexing in high torque situations.