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Moto Board => Tech => Topic started by: jerryz on March 11, 2012, 01:42:40 PM

Title: Ducati 996 balancer shaft??????
Post by: jerryz on March 11, 2012, 01:42:40 PM
had an argument with a ducati dealer yesterday who said that he was woeking on a 996 with a broken balancer shaft ???!!!!!!!   I told him they dont have balacer shaft he must mean the transfer shaft for the timing gears .......


confused ?????
Title: Re: Ducati 996 balancer shaft??????
Post by: Speeddog on March 11, 2012, 06:09:58 PM
996 does not have a balancer shaft.

Title: Re: Ducati 996 balancer shaft??????
Post by: jerryz on March 12, 2012, 04:25:52 AM
He is an idiot then ...........I have stripped S4 and 916 engines and a testastretta and never seen a Balancer shaft and I dont think even the new Panigale has one .
Title: Re: Ducati 996 balancer shaft??????
Post by: Speeddog on March 12, 2012, 09:22:55 AM
Well, if you really squint hard, you can say the crankshaft is a balancer shaft.  :P

But it's not really an accepted definition...  [laugh]