Harmonic Balancer UPDATED: the sh** has hit the fan!, do these really go bad??? the answer is YES! Options

[caszboy]

OK, so there was a slight ticking sound after i installed a new AC belt in attempt to get that fixed. The sound has slowly gotten louder over the last month or so. After inspecting a bit, i noticed that the crank shaft pulley "Harmonic Balancer" is wobbling and causing the sound. I took my car to a local car shop for them to trouble shoot my AC (which turned out i need a compressor, drier, and evaporator expansion valve..DOH!!) and to take a quick look at the pulley. The mechanic told me to replace my harmonic balancer.

so the question(s) is...Do these really go bad? do they bend or something? a harmonic balancer is a crankshaft pulley right?

thanks in advance.

casey

This post has been edited by caszboy: Jul 14, 2008 - 6:31 PM

[caszboy]

The Sh** has hit the fan!

I could not get the crank shaft pulley bolt out to save my life today! It just wouldn't move. So i decided to take it up to a local shop and see if they would have any better luck. Come to find out, one of the owners before me was kind enough to put the crank shaft pulley bolt in cross threaded! We could tell because the actual bolt was off center. So now i hit a major snag with this car. The shop told me that they can try and get the bolt out but if it breaks in the crankshaft I'm going to have to get a new one.

SOOOOOO....

I'm going to call the machine shop that i have used in the past for some of my projects and see what they can do. I don't see why they couldn't just pull the bolt out and repair the threads as long as there is enough material. The tricky thing is going to be to attempt to pull the bolt and repair the threads with the motor still in the car. Its easy enough to get to in my opinion.

i will keep y'all updated...anyone have any thoughts on this???????


casey