Changed Harmonic Balancer
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Instructor
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From: Tuscumbia AL
Changed Harmonic Balancer
Swapped the Changed Harmonic Balancer, A/C belt tensioner and Accessory belt tensioner.
Had the dreaded "crickets" under the hood for quite some time on the Wife's 01 vert. The HB was also starting to wobble, so I decided to change everything.
Thanks to everyone that has posted their troubles and tips. All of the posts were very helpful.
Had the dreaded "crickets" under the hood for quite some time on the Wife's 01 vert. The HB was also starting to wobble, so I decided to change everything.
Thanks to everyone that has posted their troubles and tips. All of the posts were very helpful.
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Instructor
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Tuscumbia AL
Not too tough
Once I started seeing the HB wobble, I decided to change everything.
The HB was the hardest of the three things to replace. The real PITA was getting everything else out of the way; steering rack, radiator.
Burning Brakes
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From: Tuscumbia AL (Mrs. joeb1kinobe) ROLL TIDE!
Hey, Lisa! Joe's an expert now. LOL
Our mechanic (who is very honest) said the labor for just the harmonic balancer was going to be around $400 I can't imagine what it would have been to do the tensioner and belts too. Joe said he spent around $450 for all of the parts. It runs like a champ now! Of course, I had to take it out for a test-drive today 
I've been driving his Z for the past two weeks and having a ball. Yeah, I'm spoiled
Take care!
Our mechanic (who is very honest) said the labor for just the harmonic balancer was going to be around $400
I can't imagine what it would have been to do the tensioner and belts too. Joe said he spent around $450 for all of the parts. It runs like a champ now! Of course, I had to take it out for a test-drive today I've been driving his Z for the past two weeks and having a ball. Yeah, I'm spoiled
Take care!
Drifting
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St. Jude Donor '10
Hey Joe, Want to change our HB too? LOL John and our son are going to replace mine when their work schedules are the same. We were driving yesterday and I said something about the squeaky belts again. John said he would fix it and turned up the radio and rolled down the windows.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Tuscumbia AL (Mrs. joeb1kinobe) ROLL TIDE!
LOL, Lisa! I did the same thing, but then realized that everyone outside my car could hear it and it made my car look (and sound) like a piece of crap! Between that and the pig squeal from the brakes (before we replaced them), I felt embarrassed!
Give Joe a holler if you need any help. As he already said, this forum was a wealth of information for him.
Give Joe a holler if you need any help. As he already said, this forum was a wealth of information for him.
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