Installing Harmonic Balancer?
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Melting Slicks
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Re: Installing Harmonic Balancer? (Tom454)
Thanks for the links, Tom, but those danged things cost $35 + shipping! I bought a length of threaded rod and the appropriate nuts and washers for $2.30, though now I do have to break out the grinder and cut off discs to cut the rod down to a size that will fit between my radiator and the crank.
JB
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Re: Installing Harmonic Balancer? (mrvette)
frankly I bang with care and tenderness, and have never broken a rubber yet....
GENE
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Re: Installing Harmonic Balancer? (mrvette)
The first time I did it, my rubber broke.
So I got a better tool.
:)
Seriously... Gene.. you won't necessarily see the damage when you do the install. It usually worsens over time and the outer ring eventually slips and/or falls off. Several members of this forum have posted links to pics of failed dampers. Many have found their outer rings have slipped. (ouch)
It's usually a gradual process from time of abuse to melt down. If you check out any of the popular reference books on rebuilding engines, they all warn against hammering on harmonic balancers. I have plenty of fine examples of abused balancers in my "show & tell" box.
So... if you abuse your balancer, your rubber might fail, and your ring might slip.
If it's not too tight a fit, you might get away with pounding it.
:jester
So I got a better tool.
:)
Seriously... Gene.. you won't necessarily see the damage when you do the install. It usually worsens over time and the outer ring eventually slips and/or falls off. Several members of this forum have posted links to pics of failed dampers. Many have found their outer rings have slipped. (ouch)
It's usually a gradual process from time of abuse to melt down. If you check out any of the popular reference books on rebuilding engines, they all warn against hammering on harmonic balancers. I have plenty of fine examples of abused balancers in my "show & tell" box.
So... if you abuse your balancer, your rubber might fail, and your ring might slip.
If it's not too tight a fit, you might get away with pounding it.
:jester
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Re: Installing Harmonic Balancer? (Tom454)
It usually worsens over time and the outer ring eventually slips and/or falls off. Several members of this forum have posted links to pics of failed dampers. Many have found their outer rings have slipped. (ouch)
My next balancer will be one of those fluid ones....where there IS no outer ring. :D
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Re: Installing Harmonic Balancer? (JB)
Use a long bolt that is bottomed out in the crank use a couple of washers and nut to draw the pulley on to the crank. It is the same a putting on a power steering pump pully just a little bigger. good luck
