Balancer removal is being a biatch!! Help!
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Balancer removal is being a biatch!! Help!
I got the autozone 2/3 jaw puller (the 5 ton one) and I could only manage to get 2 jaws in there cause they are pretty big, anyway the dam rod is just chewing up/going into the old balancer bolt so I go a impact socket and put it between the balancer remover tool and the balancer bolt, now the balancer tools rod had screwed into the socket and now the socket is going into the balancer bolt, I need some help here!!!
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I got the autozone 2/3 jaw puller (the 5 ton one) and I could only manage to get 2 jaws in there cause they are pretty big, anyway the dam rod is just chewing up/going into the old balancer bolt so I go a impact socket and put it between the balancer remover tool and the balancer bolt, now the balancer tools rod had screwed into the socket and now the socket is going into the balancer bolt, I need some help here!!!
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Can you shoot a photo, I agree sounds like you have a monster there. Don't press on the old bolt, use a socket instead with a metal plate or washers. You don't want to put any load on the threads of the crank during removal or installation. Don't use a longer bolt to install.
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I used the 2-3 claw 5 ton puller and put 3 washers between a socket and the puller bolt (socket against the crank). I turned the puller bolt until it was tight enough to push the washers tight against the socket. Then I started to turn it slowly keeping the washers aligned with the socket and bolt. It came off took about 15 minutes because I was taking my time...while you are in there if you use the puller to get the timing sprocket off if you are changing the timing chain too.
I did not have this picture but this is how I used the puller.
I did not have this picture but this is how I used the puller.
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Can you shoot a photo, I agree sounds like you have a monster there. Don't press on the old bolt, use a socket instead with a metal plate or washers. You don't want to put any load on the threads of the crank during removal or installation. Don't use a longer bolt to install.
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for mine i used a big deep socket and put it straight on the crank, with the puller point in the socket(where the ratchet attaches). no more backin out the bolt a few turns and readjusting, and allows u to get the balancer all teh way off. bolt won't get it all the way. also, u can use a bit of heat, not alot, to get the balancer off. just evenly heat the pulley. i used a propane torch burner thing(used to burn grass and weeds and stuff).
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If you think getting it off is hard, your going to have alot of fun getting it on. I will strongly suggest the whole putting it in the oven, and baking it for 20-30 minutes. Stupid pulley removal and install took 4-5 hours, and tons of frustration for me. I did headers and exhuast on this car quicker then pulley install..
There right, you have the wrong puller. Autozone has 3 different ones. For the stock pulley the chrysler one worked the best for me.
Good luck.
Chris
There right, you have the wrong puller. Autozone has 3 different ones. For the stock pulley the chrysler one worked the best for me.
Good luck.
Chris
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If you think getting it off is hard, your going to have alot of fun getting it on. I will strongly suggest the whole putting it in the oven, and baking it for 20-30 minutes. Stupid pulley removal and install took 4-5 hours, and tons of frustration for me. I did headers and exhuast on this car quicker then pulley install..
There right, you have the wrong puller. Autozone has 3 different ones. For the stock pulley the chrysler one worked the best for me.
Good luck.
Chris
There right, you have the wrong puller. Autozone has 3 different ones. For the stock pulley the chrysler one worked the best for me.
Good luck.
Chris
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Holy shiznet this is a fugin bitch!! I still cannot get this thing to even budge!! The socket is eating into the balancer bolt, I have the exact balancer remover tool as above and got it to fit onto the balancer like above, I think I may have to go drop the money to get a heat source on this bitch. Who carries the actual GM balancer remover tool??? Advance? Autozone does not have it.
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go back to autozone and get the chrysler harmonic balancer puller it was so easy to get mine off. i heard all these horror stories about it and was worried but my budy told me about this and it came off like butter. This puller will only work on a stock pulley. and get the tool from the guy in the Fab. section for $30 to put the new one on easy as pie.
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This may be a dumb question, but how are you screwing against the balancer bolt? The bolt has to be out for the balancer to come off. Maybe I'm not visualizing what your saying.
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Take the bolt out and get the plug like I mentioned. It fits perfectly in the hole and allows the balancer rod to spin freely. Another suggestion would be to take the balancer that is pictured and make it as short as possible. It comes off real easy. Maybe your's is seized, throws some penetrating lube on there and give it another shot.
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A big set screw will work, but a BIG allen head cap screw works even better to buck the puller rod up against. I have an allen head cap screw that is only used for this purpose. You put a few large flat washers(that have an O.D. that is slightly smaller than the O.D. of the crank) under the head of the cap screw. With the cap screw and washers installed in the hole where the OEM bolt came out the puller rod is forced to be self-centering. The pulley is an interference fit so it comes off slowly, but it does come off. If it is not moving you are doing something WRONG. An underdrive pulley is an excellent suggestion.
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Take the crank bolt out as suggested, and either put a big allen head set screw in the hole in the front of the crank for the puller center bolt to butt up against, or something else that will float in there without disturbing the threads in the crank. I used a socket extension of the appropriate length. I picked one that floated in the crank hole, yet stuck out enough to give the puller center bolt something to butt up against.
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If you think getting it off is hard, your going to have alot of fun getting it on. I will strongly suggest the whole putting it in the oven, and baking it for 20-30 minutes. Stupid pulley removal and install took 4-5 hours, and tons of frustration for me. I did headers and exhuast on this car quicker then pulley install..
There right, you have the wrong puller. Autozone has 3 different ones. For the stock pulley the chrysler one worked the best for me.
Good luck.
Chris
There right, you have the wrong puller. Autozone has 3 different ones. For the stock pulley the chrysler one worked the best for me.
Good luck.
Chris