Talk:Balance shaft

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Some more hepl visualising second order vibrations would be handy. Even after looking at the diagrams, I still can't see how this force arises, and considering I'm a second year engineering student, I really should be able to.

The 'here' link to an animation appears to be dead -1st paragraph

[edit] 60 degree v6

The 60 degree v6 is not ideal for 6 cylinder balance, 120 degrees is.To
explain simply: 90 degrees to a v8 is ideal, the math is 720/8.
the flat four (boxer)is ideal,the math is 720/4. The 72 degree v10 is ideal,
the math is 720/10. The 60 degree v12 is ideal, the math is 720/12. The
engines to "play" with are less than 4 cylinders, and even then you can get
close to ideal balance, never correct.If the fire between cylinders is more than
180 degrees(less cylinders than four), the balance is man-made and flawed,
never ideal.
Bgd73 22:26, 1 May 2006 (UTC)