I had my clutch rebuilt at a shop that shall remain nameless and they took it off. They said it was dead weight, so if I find out that it is part of crank balancing and they took it off without asking, I will be furious.
This shop said they take them off all the time and they are supposed to be doo experts, so hopefully they are accurate.
i was toldby my dealer who has been great for anything that needed done on my sled thus far that i should not remove it because it is balanced with the ring gear and unless the ring gear is absolutly perfect that it would knock it out of balance and take out the bearings, so im told so mine is staying on