Harmonic Balancer
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Harmonic Balancer
My belt started chirping last week so I checked the balancer and sure enough it is wobbling. So I am in the process of gathering all the tools and parts needed for the repair. My car is a 99 coupe with a MN6 and there are 3 weights in the current balancer. I am looking at 1 of 2 balancers, both from Powerbond. One is the PB1117N and the other is the PB1117SS. One looks like OEM and I assume would accept the weights while the other does not. So the question is, do I go OEM (PB1117N) and replace the weights or the PB1117SS and forget about the weights. I am not interested in underdrive at this time. Thanks.
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My belt started chirping last week so I checked the balancer and sure enough it is wobbling. So I am in the process of gathering all the tools and parts needed for the repair. My car is a 99 coupe with a MN6 and there are 3 weights in the current balancer. I am looking at 1 of 2 balancers, both from Powerbond. One is the PB1117N and the other is the PB1117SS. One looks like OEM and I assume would accept the weights while the other does not. So the question is, do I go OEM (PB1117N) and replace the weights or the PB1117SS and forget about the weights. I am not interested in underdrive at this time. Thanks.
Before going into too much explanation, let me ask:
do you know what the purpose is of those weights in your stock balancer?
Do you understand when and why they were installed at the factory during the engine build?
This will hopefully help with your decision, or at least allow you to make an educated decision.
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You're going to get a lot of different replies probably.
Before going into too much explanation, let me ask:
do you know what the purpose is of those weights in your stock balancer?
Do you understand when and why they were installed at the factory during the engine build?
This will hopefully help with your decision, or at least allow you to make an educated decision.
Before going into too much explanation, let me ask:
do you know what the purpose is of those weights in your stock balancer?
Do you understand when and why they were installed at the factory during the engine build?
This will hopefully help with your decision, or at least allow you to make an educated decision.
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St. Jude Donor '17-'18
You're going to get a lot of different replies probably.
Before going into too much explanation, let me ask:
do you know what the purpose is of those weights in your stock balancer?
Do you understand when and why they were installed at the factory during the engine build?
This will hopefully help with your decision, or at least allow you to make an educated decision.
Before going into too much explanation, let me ask:
do you know what the purpose is of those weights in your stock balancer?
Do you understand when and why they were installed at the factory during the engine build?
This will hopefully help with your decision, or at least allow you to make an educated decision.
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Thanks.
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I replaced my HB with a powerbond balancer. I replaced both tensioners and pulleys. Auto zone has the removal and installation tool to use for free. $100 deposit you get back when you return it. Alls good but right after start up I hear a chirping/squeaking and then it goes away once warmed up. Balancer is true with no wobble and like I said all new pulleys and tensioners including belts. Any clue!
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Simply transferring the weights may or may not work. You need to actually measure the offset balance of the existing balancer and match the new one to that. For all you know, the old balancer itself was manufactured out of spec, and the weights brought it back to neutral balance. 
Last edited by wcsinx; Jan 15, 2015 at 10:31 AM.
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