Does harmonic balancer .. (quick help!)
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Does harmonic balancer .. (quick help!)
Does the inside lip where the crank bolt goes need to be flush with the end of the crank... i am ALMOST there (1/8 -1/16 " MAYBE ) but i can get the crank on ANY further. I dont wanna be throwing belts when i get this back together... any help?
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St. Jude Donor '07
Originally Posted by usnskeet21
Does the inside lip where the crank bolt goes need to be flush with the end of the crank... i am ALMOST there (1/8 -1/16 " MAYBE ) but i can get the crank on ANY further. I dont wanna be throwing belts when i get this back together... any help?
Hope things work out for you.
Micah
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Yep. Mine was recessed 0.15". I measured very carefully when installing the ATI. I could actually feel when it bottomed, using a big break-over and cheater bar. It went from very hard to turn, to very-very-very hard to turn.
So, sounds like you're good.
Now put in a new bolt and do the 50 lb-ft, 140-degree thing.
when you're finished, put a sharpie mark on the bolt head and the balancer so they line up, then you can check them occasionally to be sure the balancer is not loosening. Good peace-of-mind.
DG
So, sounds like you're good.
Now put in a new bolt and do the 50 lb-ft, 140-degree thing.
when you're finished, put a sharpie mark on the bolt head and the balancer so they line up, then you can check them occasionally to be sure the balancer is not loosening. Good peace-of-mind.
DG
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Originally Posted by The Wrench
Yep. Mine was recessed 0.15". I measured very carefully when installing the ATI. I could actually feel when it bottomed, using a big break-over and cheater bar. It went from very hard to turn, to very-very-very hard to turn.
So, sounds like you're good.
Now put in a new bolt and do the 50 lb-ft, 140-degree thing.
when you're finished, put a sharpie mark on the bolt head and the balancer so they line up, then you can check them occasionally to be sure the balancer is not loosening. Good peace-of-mind.
DG
So, sounds like you're good.
Now put in a new bolt and do the 50 lb-ft, 140-degree thing.
when you're finished, put a sharpie mark on the bolt head and the balancer so they line up, then you can check them occasionally to be sure the balancer is not loosening. Good peace-of-mind.
DG
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From: At the beach in little Rhody
Originally Posted by DRIVER456
I think it also says put some red loctite on the bolt.
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From: NY- 2013 Corvette Challenge Champion-2013 Index Combo Champion 2015 CC/MM Champion
St. Jude Donor '07
Originally Posted by vettenuts
Not the service manual. I personally think this is risky for later removal, a broken bolt in the crank is your worst nightmare.
If that bolt breaks,thats a cheap bolt
Last edited by DRIVER456; Feb 1, 2006 at 07:05 PM.
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Another check you could do: Before I removed the original pulley, I measured the distance from the edge of the crank pulley to the flat surface of the timing cover and it was exactly 1". When I installed the new UD pulley, it was the same.
