The crank balance is for the first harmonic vibration the balancer is to counter act the second harmonic vibration. Many inline four's have been built without a balancer and at low rpm's it isnt real noticeable. The ford fours vibrate pretty badly when the rpm's get much above 1800. Our 860 would make your hands numb. When the balancers were added to the 801's (ie), the tractors were much more pleasant to operate. With a manual the balancer is easy to time. Make sure you have good oil flow from the oil galley to the balancer. The oil for the balancer flows from the galley through a cam bearing to the balancer. If the tractor was run low on oil it's possible for the can bearing to spin keeping the balancer from being lubricated, then bad stuff happens, I have experience with that bad stuff.
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