New 408 build finally started

View attachment 1715465506 View attachment 1715465507 View attachment 1715465508 Well I dropped my assembly of Friday afternoon and picked it up this morning. These guys did a heck of a job getting this thing balanced for me. I’m not a machinist but the way he explained it there wasn’t an option of sticking it in a lathe and machining the counter weights down. The issue was the leading edge was heavy. I bought two of these cranks many many years ago from a shop owner that is now dead so it wasn’t a case of contacting K1 and trying to exchange it. So for a little over 300.00 it’s good and ready to put together soon. Pictures for those interested in the holes. Lol



Yeah, that makes sense. When it's front edge heavy and you reduce the CW's just to get rid of mass, you'll almost always end up needing some Mallory.

It's hard to explain but reducing CW mass does strange things to the location of where the mass is heavy.

I usually reduce the CW's just to get some weight off the crank, and when you are doing your own balance jobs and just being the Mallory its cost effective.

If you are paying for all that work, it gets costly right quick.