Harmonic Balancer..
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From: Los Angeles CA
Harmonic Balancer..
This is my first LS1... before this i've owned several ford 5.0 engines....
For the last 3 days my car was making a horrible screeching noise, so i took off the belts, checked all the pullies... everything was fine so i replaced the belts which solved my problems...... while doing this i noticed that my harmonic balancer seems to move a lot.
Is the harmonic balancer suppose to move as much as mine does? On my old fords it was hardly visible... on my new C5 is seems to move a lot when the engine is running....
The engine is very smooth, and has no vibrations however.
Just wondering if its normal or not.
For the last 3 days my car was making a horrible screeching noise, so i took off the belts, checked all the pullies... everything was fine so i replaced the belts which solved my problems...... while doing this i noticed that my harmonic balancer seems to move a lot.
Is the harmonic balancer suppose to move as much as mine does? On my old fords it was hardly visible... on my new C5 is seems to move a lot when the engine is running....
The engine is very smooth, and has no vibrations however.
Just wondering if its normal or not.
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Originally Posted by CheM
yes i mean wobble.... how much movement should it have?
Either the elastomer is failing or the bolt has come loose, get it repaired immediately.
And pin the crank while it's being repaired to prevent another failure down the road.
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Originally Posted by corvettebob1
NONE!
Either the elastomer is failing or the bolt has come loose, get it repaired immediately.
And pin the crank while it's being repaired to prevent another failure down the road.
Either the elastomer is failing or the bolt has come loose, get it repaired immediately.
And pin the crank while it's being repaired to prevent another failure down the road.
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ill be posting a video of this later tonight, blah....
i wish i had more money since this seems like the perfect time to install a cam.....
i can install the balancer myself, but it seems like a pain in the ***.
i wish i had more money since this seems like the perfect time to install a cam.....
i can install the balancer myself, but it seems like a pain in the ***.
