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

[95celgt]

on my first 6gc, the pulley acually split into two peices with no warning!

this was at about 180K miles, i think its still lying around but i cant really tell of any symptoms before it happened, car always ran smooth and then suddenly BAM it hit the frame and stoped the crank from spinning...........the pulley is a 2 piece, and there is a middle rubber layer, this is where it separated. new one was about $80 ebay IIRC and it worked fine after the install