So does the weight of the connecting rod on the crankshaft not matter? Or does it balance itself out across all cylinders if they weigh the same? As I recall, the Mercedes documentation made reference to adjusting the counterbalance weight when replacing the connecting rods, but I could not find any detail on how to do that. The Techs at my local dealer were, as usual, clueless.
Thanks -Dave Walton 94 S350, 99 E300 On 12/3/05, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The usual procedure used to be to balance the rods to all be within a > certain tolerence (1 gram.?), balance the crankshaft with the > flywheel, balancer, front pulley, etc. as one unit, balance the > pistons and wrist pins to within a given tolerence, then assemble. > > So, by changing just one rod, you'd make the entire assembly out-of-balance. > > On 12/3/05, dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I figured replacing the one was safer since I had no idea how to go > > about rebalancing the offset weight on the crankshaft to accommodate > > the heaver rod. Having one of them off balance is better than six, > > right? > > > > -Dave Walton > > 94 S350, 99 E300 > > > > On 12/2/05, Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That's cheaper than what I remember from when I bought my 300d (with > > > possible head/rod problems, turned out to be bad pressure valve holder > > > seals, thank heavens!). Still $1200 or so if you have to buy six, and > > > you will on an older engine as you cannot have unbalanced sets. > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > > -- > OK Don, KD5NRO > Norman, OK > '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC > The FSM created the Diesel Benz > http://www.venganza.org/ > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
