[RAIV-Z]

Originally Posted by Dragncar

Now, I have looked at this thread, stopped reading it and now have come back to it.
Those rocker pads look like they have been beat on with a hammer. Hard to believe it came out of BES shop like that. Not saying it did, or did not but WOW.
Never liked the choice of rocker arms. I do not use dies cast aluminum on anything.
I consider them junk. And then they "cut" on that junk.
Would not use that balancer on a 600HP street engine either.

But the "shavings" behind the bolt is pure fishy. Those shavings are from a metal lathe and would never come out of a engine for any reason. They came from a machine shop floor.
Are you sure they were not put there on purpose and a pic was taken of it ( it could never happen in real life) to embarrass or publicly shame someone who you now have a problem with.
I can see you being upset. But those shavings did not come from any engine. There is no way they can appear in that spot. Unless someone at the shop decided for some reason to put them there (and why would they want to do that) or the person who received the engine put them there and took a picture.
If those "shavings" were "packed" behind that bolt at 160 foot pounds they would be crushed flat. Not laying there like they were tossed there for a photo shoot.

There are things us looking in from the outside do not know about either side. It is all kind of strange in this weird public way.
But something about this whole thing does not pass the smell test.
Good luck to both sides.

Good one… Out of all the issues “posted so far” you picked the one found be a 3rd party.

The metal shavings were found by the chassis shop when they removed the balancer bolt to install the front plate. The shavings were behind the bolt, not the washer. The picture you are referring to was taken after they picked the metal out of the hole. Below is the before picture. Both pictures were taken by them.

I also called Tony and asked how that could have happened. He explained that it could have been missed when the crank was cleaned by his guys, as the top of the crank is higher than eye level. All they do is reach up and stick a blow nozzle in the hole to clean it out.

Feel free to ask any questions or PM me with your number if you’d like to discuss my integrity or need any clarification about issues posted thus far.

[Tom Vaught]

Originally Posted by RAIV-Z

Good one… Out of all the issues “posted so far” you picked the one found be a 3rd party.

The metal shavings were found by the chassis shop when they removed the balancer bolt to install the front plate. The shavings were behind the bolt, not the washer. The picture you are referring to was taken after they picked the metal out of the hole. Below is the before picture. Both pictures were taken by them.

I also called Tony and asked how that could have happened. He explained that it could have been missed when the crank was cleaned by his guys, as the top of the crank is higher than eye level. All they do is reach up and stick a blow nozzle in the hole to clean it out.

Feel free to ask any questions or PM me with your number if you’d like to discuss my integrity or need any clarification about issues posted thus far.

I have been to Tony's shop in the last 6 months and looked at every machine that he has and how the work was processed. Really confused on how the "shavings" could get there.

Production Harmonic Balancers typically have a very snug slip fit but will still slide on to the crank snout. Some of the aftermarket balancers are a press-fit. If the balancer was was a "press fit" and later honed for a slip fit I can see some material possibly being in that area. Chips of metal, do not think so. Is the balancer a "slip fit" balancer?

The only way that chips could be there is if the crank manufacturer did not clean that area of chips when they machined the bolt threads and Tony's guys did the air hose deal and the chips still did not come out.

Tom Vaught