Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 17:12:14 GMT From: "Abdallah" <abdallahjamalnopsamAMnopsam.ca> Subject: Re: Harmonic Balancer/Crankshaft Pulley
"Fred W." Op0Da.5118$cp6.2601244nopsam1.news.adelphia.net... : : "Grunff" <grunffnopsam.com> wrote in message : news:bbhko0$994op$1nopsam52899.news.dfncis.de... : > MarkC wrote: : > > How involving is it to change one of these? I may need one. Is there a : > > way to test check to make sure it's bad? : > > Thanks for any advice, : > : > When they start failing, the inner steel hub moves relative to : > the outer steel ring (because the rubber holding them together : > is old and knackered). : > : > To find out if yours is doing this, draw a thin while line along : > the pulley's radius, all the way from centre to circumference. : > If it ever slips, the line will no longer be continuous. : : Should you need to replace it, it's a piece of cake if you have the right : tools. You need to remove the right wheel and the plastic inside fender : liner, then the multi-rib drive belt has to come off. Then, while an : assistant is holding the crank from turning by inserting a good sized : screwdriver in the flywheel ring gear (thru the little hole provided between : the engine and transmission), you'll need a big 1/2" drive breaker bar and 1 : 1/16" socket (or whatever that is in mm's) to remove the bolt on the : crankend. Once you get the bolt off, the "harmonic balancer" (really just a : crank pulley) slides right off. : : You'll want to replace the main seal there while you have the pulley off, : and when you replace it, you'll need a torque wrench so you can tighten the : bolt to spec. : : It's all really quite easy... : : -Fred : : --- so why do all my "metric sockets" have 1/2" drives? : : does it make sense at the same time, to change the serpentine belt and belt tensioner? my indy did that when my wife's 87 9000s had the balancer replaced. -- abdallah 87 9000S 280,000 km 87 9000T 230,000 km (waiting for new door and fender)