Harmonic balancer wobble
Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: Somewhere in Mo
St. Jude Donor '09-'10, '14
I am in no way telling you not to replace it. This is merely an observation. Since I've read about this on the forum a couple of years ago, I've looked at several balancers on C5's and all of them wobble "just a little" as you say. Enough to be noticeable if you're looking at it, but not enough to cause a problem.
Racer
Joined: Oct 2011
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From: Tucker Georgia
Its hard for me to justify a $5-600 balancer for an engine that is internally balanced. I know, there are differences between physical balancing and harmonic dampening. I want to protect my engine, but when mine goes bad I will probably put a new stock balancer back on.
Pro
Joined: Dec 2011
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From: Levittown NY
my fathers 80k miles C6 Just had the balancer bolt back out. He never would have known if the belts hadn't started squealing. I am ordering him an ATI balancer and ARP bolt asap. That should solve it. As fo the loosening the subframe bolts that sounds like a great idea if it indeed works.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2009
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From: South Dakota
This is a 2009 thread until today.
I still looked at it since my 99 FRC had one fail at 30k. I used a powerbond and replaced it myself. The steering rack was not much fun.
There are some good threads that detail how it is done and have pictures. They helped me a lot. I don't remember and didn't mark those threads, but if you look around some you can find a lot of info on this problem.
I still looked at it since my 99 FRC had one fail at 30k. I used a powerbond and replaced it myself. The steering rack was not much fun.
There are some good threads that detail how it is done and have pictures. They helped me a lot. I don't remember and didn't mark those threads, but if you look around some you can find a lot of info on this problem.
Team Owner
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From: McKinney TX
St. Jude Donor '21-'22-'23-'24
