Harmonic Balancer Cost
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St. Jude Donor '21
Harmonic Balancer Cost
I just looked at my hb for the first time with the motor running and saw a slight wobble. Should there be zero wobble? or is a little normal?
Anyway, if I have to have this repair done what should I expect to pay? That's both parts and labor.
I think i've seen recommendations here to not get the oem unit, but I forget which one people do recommend.
Dave
Anyway, if I have to have this repair done what should I expect to pay? That's both parts and labor.
I think i've seen recommendations here to not get the oem unit, but I forget which one people do recommend.
Dave
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Mar 27, 2021, 02:45 PM
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St. Jude Donor '21
Powerbond balancer works great IMO.
Here is how to tell if yours is bad - OR NOT. EASY Peasey.
Here is how to tell if yours is bad - OR NOT. EASY Peasey.
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I just looked at my hb for the first time with the motor running and saw a slight wobble. Should there be zero wobble? or is a little normal?
Anyway, if I have to have this repair done what should I expect to pay? That's both parts and labor.
I think i've seen recommendations here to not get the oem unit, but I forget which one people do recommend.
Dave
Anyway, if I have to have this repair done what should I expect to pay? That's both parts and labor.
I think i've seen recommendations here to not get the oem unit, but I forget which one people do recommend.
Dave
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Powerbond balancer works great IMO.
Here is how to tell if yours is bad - OR NOT. EASY Peasey.
https://youtu.be/IrXbaPC797k
Here is how to tell if yours is bad - OR NOT. EASY Peasey.
https://youtu.be/IrXbaPC797k
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Just for the balancer it would've come to aboot $1200 total. I also had to bring the Corvette to another shop for alignment since they are not equipped to do low cars and they removed the steering rack.
Mind you this is just a general shop that does all vehicles and in Northern California.
$780 Labor
$325 Balancer
$100 Alignment
$11 Crank bolt
$4 Brake cleaner
Mind you this is just a general shop that does all vehicles and in Northern California.
$780 Labor
$325 Balancer
$100 Alignment
$11 Crank bolt
$4 Brake cleaner
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St. Jude Donor '21
Thanks everyone, especially Toys4Life for the video. I think mine might be slightly more wobbly than his, but I'd have to go look again. I'll also try the show polish trick to see if its moving.
Also, what about pinning? Is it a smart thing to do if you're installing a new one anyway? and i suppose this is additional cost.
Dave
Also, what about pinning? Is it a smart thing to do if you're installing a new one anyway? and i suppose this is additional cost.
Dave
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Now, don't do like I did. I had my engine all torn apart for cnc heads and a cam change with a new balancer. Had the rack out and everything. I convinced myself at the time that I was never going to supercharge and that got me out of pinning the crank.
Fast forward a year and a half. I now have a belt driven supercharger and yes I had to go in and redo half the job only doing it this way was even more of a pain in the *** as there's more stuff in the way compared to when I should have done it originally.
If you are paying labor it could add 200 bucks to the job factoring in the pin kit with that.
Last edited by Mr. Black; Mar 28, 2021 at 11:23 AM.
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I would recommend pinning regardless of if you're going to add a supercharger later. Pinning will ensure that you NEVER have to replace your balancer again. Check out this video.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...6FORM%3DHDRSC4
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...6FORM%3DHDRSC4
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On my 2002 c5, i paid roughly $1100 for the complete job for a balancer remove and replace. that included the new powerbond racing balancer, and took about 3 days to do the job without taking the front end apart. that is with a 25000 mile and 2 year warranty. it runs great without any problems since.
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I would recommend pinning regardless of if you're going to add a supercharger later. Pinning will ensure that you NEVER have to replace your balancer again. Check out this video.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...6FORM%3DHDRSC4
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...6FORM%3DHDRSC4
Last edited by grinder11; Mar 29, 2021 at 06:30 PM.
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That's pretty funny. Don't get me wrong, I like Lyle and his videos. That is a very rare failure. Like you have a better chance of getting hit by lightning.
Also If you pin a cheap balancer that doesn't mean you won't ever have to do it again. Pinning the crank doesn't ensure the outer ring won't come loose.
I wouldn't pin a customers crank unless they requested it.
I mean where do we draw the line? There are more dead LS motors out there because of simple oil pump failure. Do we change the oil pump while we're in there? how about the timing chain?
Most guys just want to get their car running again. Some others like to take everything to the max and there's nothing wrong with that but saying it has to be done is a little over the top IMO.
I know what we all say about opinions though.
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