on my 96 lt1 camaro. i pulled the balancer off and i dont remember a key being on it. is there suppost to be a key?

 

sorry i cant spell questions

 

No the stock crank hub isn't keyed.

 

ok thanks alot my grandpa had me worried i lost something.

 

the reason for asking also was the crank hub was sloted for it but i knew that balancer wasnt and it threw me off lol

 

the crank is keyed but the balancer is not and dosnt need to be, that incase u wanna swap to a keyed balancer like ati etc

 

crank is keyed the HUB is not. the ballancer just bolts on to the hub. you can have the hub keyed and use a key or buy a keyed hub and reuse the stock ballancer. Or just reuse the stock hub and ballancer as is. the keyed hubs are to keep it from spining on the crank.

 

as hard as that thing is to get off and on iwouldnt think it would spin. on top of that a dropped my optispark this morning and broke a peice off of the cap. i was mad. i but it has new seals and wont leak from the front again for a good while.

 

would it hurt the hub if i beat it back on with out using a board for cusion?

 

You mean, metal to metal?

NO!

The proper way is to use a harmonic balancer install tool. You should be able to rent one (or buy one) for a good price.

 

yaaaa rubber mallet then rubber to metal.

 

make an install tool. you can get everything from osh for 13 bucks.

 

When you go to put the hub back on, hopefully with the proper tool, look at the crank carefully. Over time, the hot engine oil has a tendency to "tattoo" a mark on the crank snout, where the slot of the hub would be in the correct position.

If you're worried about the hub turning on the crank, but don't want to spend the $$ for an aftermarket balancer, Golen Engine Service sells a machined replacement hub, that accepts the OE pulley, but has a key slot. IIRC, it's around $100-125. I recently purchased one, but haven't installed it yet.

 

i have it back on now my grandpa did it while i was at work. i didnt ask how he got it on cause i was afraid to ask lol