Top dead center tool pic
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Drifting
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From: panama panama
Top dead center tool pic
I saw this tool on a shop here locally. it say crackshaft stopper.
it also introduce on the spark plug hole. also have a bronce tip. to prevent damege to the piston.
can I use this as a top dead center tool.?????????
the mark on my harmonic balancer is not right. so I want to make a new mark in the correct place.
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it also introduce on the spark plug hole. also have a bronce tip. to prevent damege to the piston.
can I use this as a top dead center tool.?????????
the mark on my harmonic balancer is not right. so I want to make a new mark in the correct place.
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Le Mans Master
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From: WV
If the mark on your balancer has moved, making a new mark won't do any good, because once the balancer slips, it breaks loose from the rubber and will continue to slip...Get a new balancer to fix the problem...WW
Last edited by WW7; Jun 13, 2013 at 07:48 AM.
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Drifting
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From: panama panama
sorry forgot to say. the balancer is new. but for my motor there is 2 diferent type of harmonic balancer. the 2 of them are identicaly but, the only diferance is the mark is on a diferance position. at the time I get my balancer the mark is not where suposet to be. because i buy the wrong part.
sure I can go out and get the correct harmonic balancer, but after instaling the last one. I will never do that job again
sure I can go out and get the correct harmonic balancer, but after instaling the last one. I will never do that job again
Melting Slicks
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From: Cherokee National Forest TN
Install the tool. Rotate the engine with a wrench until it stops turning. Mark the balancer.
Back the engine up until it stops turning again & mark the balancer.
Top dead center is exactly between your 2 marks.
Good luck.
Back the engine up until it stops turning again & mark the balancer.
Top dead center is exactly between your 2 marks.
Good luck.
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For the DIY's
You can gut an old spark-plug.
And thread a long bolt (rounded tip) through the center.
Works just as well and it's adjustable.
You can gut an old spark-plug.
And thread a long bolt (rounded tip) through the center.
Works just as well and it's adjustable.
Last edited by JrRifleCoach; Jun 13, 2013 at 01:08 PM.
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It might work. I have seen many heads where the threads only go in deep enough for the spark plug and then the rest on the material in the combustion chamber is unthreaded and the tool will not go in.