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Old 10-28-2001, 05:17 PM
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cheers jay

I have just found out from an Explorer bbs

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The item in the photo is a counter ballance shaft. Its job is to help reduce lower end harmonic vibration within the engine. It is spun the oppisite direction of the crankshaft while the engine is running. By spinning it in this direction the shaft cancels out most of the harmonic vibrations caused by the crankshaft.
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