need tips on getting the balancer off!!
06-23-2009, 08:33 PM
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need tips on getting the balancer off!! can't get my balancer off. I have a 3 jaw puller an the damn thing looks like its ready 2 blow apart wtf. (YES THE BOLT IS OUT FOR U SMART ASSES). Anyone have any tips. use heat? its on a 01 camaro z28
06-23-2009, 11:19 PM
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If you're swapping heads best thing to do is leave the power steering pulley on and remove the whole pump from the front of the motor. It shows how here:
http://www.ls1howto.com/index.php?article=2
http://www.ls1howto.com/index.php?article=2
06-24-2009, 12:21 AM
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06-24-2009, 12:38 PM
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As mentioned the puller from AutoZone works fine. I just used it a few days ago. The one I went to had 2 different sizes of the 3 jaw puller - make sure you get the big daddy. One you have it you'll need to detach one of the arms and then reconnect it once you have the puller in the center and ready to go b/c it's a tight fit and there was no way I could get all 3 arms in there without disconnecting one of them first. If the bolt it out then what are you pushing the pin of the puller against?
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06-24-2009, 12:39 PM
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Sounds kinda hokey but it worked and to put on I bought a threaded rod and worked it on with washer and bolts.
06-24-2009, 01:18 PM
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I just went and got my buddies blue point ballancer puller so that should take it off. NOW IF I CAN GET SOMEONE TO BUY MY NEW PRC 5.3, 2.5 HEADS FOR A MS3 WITH A 112LSA OR SMALLER WE WOULD BE IN BUSINESS.
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the smallest pulley puller from autozone works best , it is small enough to fit inside the balancer and grab it around it's core. whatever you do DON'T PULL IT BY IT'S LIP. i tried that becuase the puller i got the first time was too big to fit inside and broke it 
. so i went to autozone and got a new balancer and it literally exploded, shooting potmetal fragments all over my engine bay, which destroyed EVERYTHING, except my engine, phwew. moral to the story, dont pull it by the lip!
. so i went to autozone and got a new balancer and it literally exploded, shooting potmetal fragments all over my engine bay, which destroyed EVERYTHING, except my engine, phwew. moral to the story, dont pull it by the lip! 