James C. Allison: I have a 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 Police Interceptor, and recently the harmonic balancer did a strange thing. The outer ring, which has the fan belt groove in it, came unbonded from the elastic ring around the pulley. I have ordered a new one from Greg Donahue in Floral City, Florida, but in order to still use the vehicle, I got out my trusty bottle of cyanacrylic and I put the SuperGlue to where it went between the outer ring, and the elastic band. And it tightened it right up. The problem is that I'm sure that it didn't bond it to the same position as it was before it came loose.
I was talking to the guy who owns the auto parts store here, and he said that if I run the engine that way, that it could break the crankshaft. I've never heard of anything like this. So my question is, is this true? Also I would like someone to explain to me exactly what is the function of the harmonic balancer.
Any information would be greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance for any replies.
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