BALANCER UNIT - J.3
When replacing needle or roller race bearings, they
should not be hammered in, but pressed in using a
suitable dolly. Needle race bearings should be pressed
in to a minimum of 0.008 in (0,20 mm) from the end of
the housing. Thicker section roller race bearings should
be pressed in so that a clearance of 0.030/0.040 in
(0,76/1,02 mm) is left between the end faces of all
bearings and inside face of the frame bosses.
Having renewed any part showing signs of wear,
proceed as follows:
Replace the seven plugs in the oil drillings of the
balancer frame.
Should it have proved necessary to renew the idler
gear and hub securing stud, fit the new stud, using
"Loctite".
Should it have been necessary to remove the
coupling gears from the balance weights, using "Loctite",
re-assemble. finally tightening the socket headed
capscrews to a torque of 11 Ibf ft (1.52 kgf m) - 15 Nm.
Where necessary, renew the shaft keys.
Stand the balancer unit on its lubricating oil pump
end face.
Place the two balance weights complete with gears
into the frame, coupling the gears so that when the
shafts are partially entered, the keys are in the same
relative position, i.e., both at top dead centre or both at
bottom dead centre.
Ensure that each shaft is related dead centre to the
bushes at the front end rear of the frame and press in
until the drive shaft (with integral gear) is fully home and
the end of the driven shaft is flush with the drive end
face of the balancer frame.
Extreme care must be taken when pressing in the
shafts, to prevent the keys from touching the drive end
bushes (where fitted) or the needle bearings as they
pass through. The slightest damage caused this way
could result in seizure of the unit and severe
consequential damage to the engine.
Using "Loctite", fit the two grubscrews to each
balance weight and tighten to a torque of 7-1/2 Ibf ft
(1,03 kgf m) - 10 Nm. Do not omit degreasing before
using "Loctite".
Fit thrust plate, idler gear and hub so that the single
centre punch mark on the idler gear registers between
the two punch marks on the integral balance shaft gear.
Ensure that the dowel in the hub locates in the
corresponding hole in the balancer frame.
Fit the idler gear and hub retaining nut or setscrew
and tighten to a torque of 40 Ibf ft (5.53 kgf m) - 54 Nm.
Revolve the unit by means of the idler gear to
ensure that the action is quite free.
Place the oil pump back plate in position at the rear
of the balancer unit.
Fit the oil pump drive gear onto the end of the
balancer drive shaft.
Fit the oil pump idler gear onto the idler shaft in the
pump and refit the pump housing to the balancer unit,
securing with seven setscrews and washers to a torque
of 21 lbf ft (2.90 kgf m} 29 Nm.
Revolve the balancer unit idler gear once more to
ensure freedom.
Continue revolving the idler gear until the punch
marks once more coincide. This may take several
revolutions.
To Replace
Place the two locating thimbles into their bores and
refit the balancer unit to the cylinder block, ensuring that
the single centre punch mark on the crankshaft gear
registers between the two punch marks on the idler gear
of the balancer unit.
The balancer unit is now timed to the engine. When
fitting the balancer unit to an engine where the front end
has not been stripped, it will not be possible to observe
the punch mark on the crankshaft gear for the purposes
of timing the unit to the engine.
In this case, the engine should firstly be rotated so
that either the piston of No. 1 or No 2 cylinder is at top or
bottom dead centre. Bottom dead centre is preferable
as any error greater than one gear tooth will cause a foul
between the weights and the connecting rod in this
position, making it obvious that the balancer unit has
been timed wrongly.
Revolve the idler gear until the single centre punch
mark on the idler gear registers between the two punch
marks on the balancer shaft drive gear.
Suitably mark with chalk, a tooth of the drive to align
with another chalk mark on the frame.
In this position, fit the balancer unit to the engine,
checking that the weights have not moved