Changing Harmonic balancer for first time myself
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Changing Harmonic balancer for first time myself
Will be underneath doing the method where you drop the front carriage (or the technical term for it). Im going to be lying on the the ground using a quickjack that lifts the corvette about 3 feet
Any thing else I should change while under there it any advice that might not be obvious?
I got the summit racing harmonic balancer.
Will my Installation tool have any issues fitting? And again anything else I should change?
stock 2005 convertible 75,000 miles
Any thing else I should change while under there it any advice that might not be obvious?
I got the summit racing harmonic balancer.
Will my Installation tool have any issues fitting? And again anything else I should change?
stock 2005 convertible 75,000 miles
Last edited by scoutsakimbo; Mar 21, 2025 at 03:34 PM.
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You may find that dropping the cradle doesn't give you quite enough room. I also had to jack my engine up about an inch to clear the steering rack. There are 2 motor mount nuts on the bottom to loosen/remove then it can be jacked up. Be careful you don't jack it up too high as there is little clearance between the engine and firewall.
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The front main seal is the round seal between the timing cover and crankshaft. No need to remove the cover to change this.
You may find that dropping the cradle doesn't give you quite enough room. I also had to jack my engine up about an inch to clear the steering rack. There are 2 motor mount nuts on the bottom to loosen/remove then it can be jacked up. Be careful you don't jack it up too high as there is little clearance between the engine and firewall.
You may find that dropping the cradle doesn't give you quite enough room. I also had to jack my engine up about an inch to clear the steering rack. There are 2 motor mount nuts on the bottom to loosen/remove then it can be jacked up. Be careful you don't jack it up too high as there is little clearance between the engine and firewall.
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If you are still on the stock exhaust manifolds, there should be plenty of room. You might need to temporarily drop the starter on the passenger side for more room but with stock manifolds, I don't think it's necessary.
I find it makes things a lot easier to remove the engine mount brackets. They have three bolts holding the brackets to the engine. Before you jack the engine up, you want to remove both the bottom and top mount nuts. Then support the engine. Then remove the bracket bolts. Removing the brackets allows for the long mount studs to clear the holes.