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Vibration Damper: Notes

The vibration damper is a torsional vibration absorber (axial design). The outer edge of the damper has a notch (1) to accept the locating tool when positioning the crankshaft for initial setting.

The locating tool inserts into the raised mount in the front cover (2).

Fig 1: Identifying Vibration Damper
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