timing marks
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Cruising
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From: Easton MA
timing marks
The mark on the harmonic balancer is about 180 degrees out. The car runs ok but I want to see what the timing is set at. I was told that the harmonic balancer is pressed on to the center section and can slip. I was told I need to replace the balancer. Anybody ever heard of this?
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There for a while on here, it seemed that about once a week, people had balancers that had had the outer ring slip and gave erroneous timing readings. Yeah its possible. Rent a puller and pull the balancer and install a new one.
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From: Orrtanna Pa.
Set the mark on the balancer to the zero indicator on the timing tab.Pull the distributor cap and if the rotor is at the number 6 tower,pull the distibuter,and re install so the number 1 tower is aligned with the rotor.
The odds of a slipping balancer lining up exactly 180 degrees fro correct is slim to none. The odds someone put the distributor in 180 degrees out is 50/50.
The odds of a slipping balancer lining up exactly 180 degrees fro correct is slim to none. The odds someone put the distributor in 180 degrees out is 50/50.
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