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So before buying I have heard all about the balancers in our cars. Being rubber, and knowing that o-rings can be glued with CA (superglue) I was thinking this could be a preventative measure for owners with an OEM balancer.
the idea is to remove the belt and flood the rubber ring on the balancer with CA. It should flow into any breaks in the factory adhesive in say a lower mileage car with a 25 year old balancer that’s still ok. This might stave off complete failure for a while. I was thinking as a preventative measure.
thoughts?
Here she is 2001, 55,000 miles balancer is still good. Look at those crystal clear DRL lenses and headlights. Car has never seen the sun it seems!
So before buying I have heard all about the balancers in our cars. Being rubber, and knowing that o-rings can be glued with CA (superglue) I was thinking this could be a preventative measure for owners with an OEM balancer.
the idea is to remove the belt and flood the rubber ring on the balancer with CA. It should flow into any breaks in the factory adhesive in say a lower mileage car with a 25 year old balancer that’s still ok. This might stave off complete failure for a while. I was thinking as a preventative measure.
thoughts?
Here she is 2001, 55,000 miles balancer is still good. Look at those crystal clear DRL lenses and headlights. Car has never seen the sun it seems!
A poor choice for an assembly that will be subject to temperature cycling and vibration. Cyanoacrylate is brittle. O-rings need to conform, not sure why you would use a brittle adhesive on a material that needs to be compliant to the geometry and temperature.
A poor choice for an assembly that will be subject to temperature cycling and vibration. Cyanoacrylate is brittle. O-rings need to conform, not sure why you would use a brittle adhesive on a material that needs to be compliant to the geometry and temperature.
HVAC guys use CA on o rings without issue. That’s why. There’s videos on it by professional HVAC guys and one actually showed a professional o-ring set from a supplier that included a tube of CA and instructions to the user on how to make an oring fit if it’s an odd aize or whatever.
I’m not talking about a broken wobbling balancer, I’m talking about an old still functioning balancer and closing any gaps.
sure ca is brittle, however it would be a micro layer wicked between the steel and rubber. It would either work or it won’t. Either way, it won’t hurt anything. If the balancer is going to fail, it’s going to fail.
HVAC guys use CA on o rings without issue. That’s why. There’s videos on it by professional HVAC guys and one actually showed a professional o-ring set from a supplier that included a tube of CA and instructions to the user on how to make an oring fit if it’s an odd aize or whatever.
im not talking about a broken wobbling balancer, im talking about an old still functioning balancer and closing any gaps.
sure ca is brittle, however it would be a micro layer wicked between the steel and rubber. It’s would either work or it won’t. Either way, it won’t hurt anything.
Leave it alone and replace the harmonic damper when it is necessary. Removing and re-installing the damper is not that difficult, I've done it on all three C5s that I've owned for various reasons.
I can't say that it sounds like a great idea to me but it doesn't sound worse than continuing to use one that you can tell is near failure. I would definitely look at the rubberized CA glues like
Interesting idea that I've never heard of but I get what you're going for. Thin CA is awesome that way and is pretty harmless until you get it on yourself. I'd say go for it....it's your car. Maybe you stumbled onto something of use.
Keep us updated?
FWIW, I'd almost bet my paycheck those headlights have almost never seen the sun
I wouldn't do it without through testing. Just as much as you think you are solving an issue, you may be causing another unintended failure. There are many known failure points on our beloved C5's. Most of them you can just roll with the punches and solve as they pop up, if they pop up. It's likely if your damper has never seen any external chemicals and is in proper working order at this time, it may live many more years to come. FWIW, they typically do not just fall apart without warning or signs. Obviously the first easy sign to see is the axial runout becomes excessive. You could pop the hood and take a peak everytime you put fuel in it for peace of mind or just replace it now and forget about it.
Harmonic Balancer idea?
