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Harmonic balancer need advice!
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Careful with seal puller. There's an aluminum lip that is part of the timing cover behind the seal you can latch onto and take a chunk out of. If you do, probably ok. Mine has been for a year and a several hundred miles. Yeah need to drive it more!
I wonder if you could take anything off ahead of time? AC belt comes to mind. It's not much but every little thing might help. Pre-loosen stuff as much as possible so you know it's not frozen up? Unplug any electrical stuff ahead of time that's not needed to get to lift. Those connectors are my kryptonite sometimes.
I wonder if you could take anything off ahead of time? AC belt comes to mind. It's not much but every little thing might help. Pre-loosen stuff as much as possible so you know it's not frozen up? Unplug any electrical stuff ahead of time that's not needed to get to lift. Those connectors are my kryptonite sometimes.
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Careful with seal puller. There's an aluminum lip that is part of the timing cover behind the seal you can latch onto and take a chunk out of. If you do, probably ok. Mine has been for a year and a several hundred miles. Yeah need to drive it more!
I wonder if you could take anything off ahead of time? AC belt comes to mind. It's not much but every little thing might help. Pre-loosen stuff as much as possible so you know it's not frozen up? Unplug any electrical stuff ahead of time that's not needed to get to lift. Those connectors are my kryptonite sometimes.
I wonder if you could take anything off ahead of time? AC belt comes to mind. It's not much but every little thing might help. Pre-loosen stuff as much as possible so you know it's not frozen up? Unplug any electrical stuff ahead of time that's not needed to get to lift. Those connectors are my kryptonite sometimes.
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Your doing the job on an Air Force base and they will not allow you to store it overnight? Its been my experience in the Army all of our on post shops allow you to keep your vehicle overnight for a $20 ish fee. Are you able to find another military base nearby? Then you will not be rushed, clean as you go, and enjoy the time with your dad.
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I have done several, myself and some friends. The more you have worked on the easier it is. My last one took about 4 hours and by then I knew what I should be doing and my helper should be doing. Along the way I found an 30 to one reducer tool from HF that was used on truck times. I wedged that into the frame (took some doing) and the balance and used a 1/2 wrench to remove the bolt and put the new bolt on the last car was for an SCCA autocrosser so we had to use the Stock HB, so we torqued it to 37 ft-lb and then used an angle guage to the 240 degree. Took turns turning the bolt--takes forever--but was easy to do. Unfortunately I did not take pictures of the 30-to-1 tool I had wedged in.
I know this s an older thread, but some may still be subscribed
I did not find a 30-1 multiplier, but did find a 3-1. Perhaps that’s what you had…
https://www.northerntool.com/shop/to...3947_200623947
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You should definitely have this or something similar if you have a manual trans.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/s...RoCMh0QAvD_BwE
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/s...RoCMh0QAvD_BwE