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Originally Posted by JonT
Thanks just looking for specific information regarding this process. Question: my pistons are still in their respective cylinders (this is how the mechanic took apart my engine and I rec'd it from him), should I remove them for balancing or will I create more problems doing this?
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JonT,
Overcome your anxiety and relax. Since you are planning to do weight balancing of the components, you will ultimately disassemble them and check the weight. Use mark pen and zip lock bags to keep these parts sorted and identified. The first step is weighing individual parts or components and keep them labeled. Tabulate your data and you have all the information you need to mix and match a set. The trick is to be able to maintain your focus not to misidentify any component during the process. In spite all this prep, there would be a moment of confusion. As a second control, I placed marker on every parts and placed each in individual zip lock bag.
Use Excel and tabulate the weight. Then you could play around which combination of parts gives the best arrangement over all. Try to use one component at a time. For example, take out from the bag one (1) piston wrist pin at a time. Wrist pin should have some identifying marker on it to match the bag number. This was my technique and was less stressful getting the final setting. HTH.
Tony