Engine (1) comprising a
crankshaft (10) positioned in a
cylinder block (3) of the engine (1), wherein the
crankshaft (10) at one end has a
flywheel flange (12) for attaching a
flywheel (8) and a number of counterweights for providing dynamic balancing of the
crankshaft (10) in use, comprising an end counterweight (11) positioned very close to an end wall (3e) of the
cylinder block (3), wherein the end counterweight (11) has a recess (11r) formed therein in which a sensor wheel (20) is mounted, wherein the sensor wheel (20) is stamped from a single piece of steel and a middle
circular section (21) and comprising a folded-over cylindrical rim section (24), wherein the folded-over cylindrical rim section (24) is arranged around an outer circumference of the middle
circular section (21), extends away from one end wall (3e) of the
cylinder block (3), has an inner
radius that is large enough to allow the cylindrical rim section (24) to fit over the end counterweight (11) when the
encoder wheel (20) is mounted on the crankshaft (10), and having several circumferentially spaced
encoder gear teeth (26), wherein there are a number of circumferentially spaced openings (25) in the folded cylindrical rim section (24) and each of the
encoder gear teeth (26) is formed by a web between two adjacent openings (25) in the folded cylindrical rim section (24), which thus forms a cage-like structure, and wherein the central
circular section (21) a central opening (22) with a
diameter large enough to allow the encoder wheel (20) to be mounted past the
flywheel flange (12), and a number of compensating openings (23) formed therein to move a
center of mass of the encoder wheel (20) away from an axis of rotation of the encoder wheel (20), wherein the compensating openings (23) of the central circular section (21) of the encoder wheel (20) are arranged at an angle and the encoder wheel (20) has an unbalance
mass which, in conjunction with the arrangement of the compensating openings (23), compensates for an unbalance effect of the material lost from the end counterweight (11) due to the recess (11r).