>why would i want >to balance things, as he's never had a problem from not doing so. Of course he doesn't stand to have a problem. It's not his truck. Are you sure you want to use this guy? >if i'm using different pistons, wouldn't i want to have it balanced again? We're talking specifically about having the pistons balanced, right? I'd like to know if there is a definite answer to this, too. My last set I balanced to a quarter gram because that's what Muir said to do. One of them had been way out, too, I think it was like twelve grams heavy. But then I found out that an appendix in Muir says it doesn't make a dime's worth of difference whether you balance your pistons. All his friends wrote chapters contradicting him after he died... If Hoover addresses this, I missed it. And another thing. What are piston skirts actually for, anyway? What do they do that a simple cylinder shape wouldn't do? Because by the time I filed twelve grams off the sucker there warn't a whole lot of skirt left. I haven't put that engine back together yet but if I filed off something important I'm gonna be pissed. --Ken 68 Westy, 71 Bus
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