Damper or Pulley on a 53 Plymouth 218???

this might sound odd but it looks like my 53 has just a pulley on the crank and not a damper? am i missing something? also is it possible it is just a pullet and the motor is baleneced via the flywheel? can anyone tell me for sure? my crank pulley has a pretty bad wobble and i wanna fix this asap but i need to know what i need and i can't seem to find out for sure online.

 

Well, I'd go out and check mine in the driveway but it's dark outside and, anyhow, I'm not dressed for outside. Sooo ... I did the next best thing and dug up my Service Manual (get one, they're worth their weight in gold). Looks like the damper IS also the pulley (no separate parts). Hope this helps a little.

 

either or, no rhyme or reason.

 

Crank dampeners aren't necessarily used to balnace an engine, though in some instance they may also be utilized for that purpose. All rotating masses have a "harmonic" vibration at some rotational speed, even though they are in balance. The Harmonic dampener is a rotating weight whose mass has been calculated to resist or "dampen" that harmonic vibration at the rpm at which it would otherwise occur.
Many Mopars of that era do not have harmonic dampeners, only a pulley.

Ray

 

OK ... did a little "in the flesh" research. The 218 in my 53 Plymouth has a one-piece pulley/damper. The engine I have that came out of a 49 Plymouth (I think) has a two-piece pulley/damper. The first two pics are of the crank pulley in the 53 (tight fit down there!) and the third is the 49 engine.

 

And here is one with pulley only going into a Dodge truck

 

My 48 218 has a balancer my 55 230 double groove pulley only.