Harmonic balancer tool

According to Bills website you should use a harmonic balancer
installation tool to put the balancer back on. None of the local stores
I checked had such a thing (Auto Zone, Advance, Northern Tool), but they
all had pullers.

Where do you get this tool? Would any local place be likely to carry
one or is this something only available through mail order? I see
Moroso has one but it's kind of pricey for something I'll rarely use.

Thanks!

Jeff DeWitt

Jeffrey DeWitt wrote:
> According to Bills website you should use a harmonic balancer
> installation tool to put the balancer back on. None of the local
> stores I checked had such a thing (Auto Zone, Advance, Northern
> Tool), but they all had pullers.
>
> Where do you get this tool? Would any local place be likely to carry
> one or is this something only available through mail order? I see
> Moroso has one but it's kind of pricey for something I'll rarely use.

AutoZone loans them out.

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DougW

Jeffrey DeWitt wrote:

> According to Bills website you should use a harmonic balancer
> installation tool to put the balancer back on. None of the local stores
> I checked had such a thing (Auto Zone, Advance, Northern Tool), but they
> all had pullers.
>
> Where do you get this tool? Would any local place be likely to carry
> one or is this something only available through mail order? I see
> Moroso has one but it's kind of pricey for something I'll rarely use.

And here I thought that was what the bolt in the center was for!

Actually, I had a bolt with the right threads that was maybe an inch longer
than the original bolt. Put that through the big washer, tighten until
either it bottoms or the washer seats on the end of the crank, pull bolt
and put correct one in, torque.

The only "special" tools I ever used on that was the puller and a long piece
of bar stock with two bolt holes so I could bolt it to the pulley. Use a
bar long enough to jam against the frame as you break the center bolt loose
or torque it down. Oh, yeah, you will probably have to grind a small notch
the get your socket in to the bolt.

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Will Honea

I not understanding, we use the balancer, just tap it on, to center the
timing cover on the seal, before the cover's tighten down.
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"Jeffrey DeWitt" > wrote in message
...
> According to Bills website you should use a harmonic balancer
> installation tool to put the balancer back on. None of the local stores
> I checked had such a thing (Auto Zone, Advance, Northern Tool), but they
> all had pullers.
>
> Where do you get this tool? Would any local place be likely to carry
> one or is this something only available through mail order? I see
> Moroso has one but it's kind of pricey for something I'll rarely use.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jeff DeWitt



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i just use the bolt and some washers with a impact gun

Jeffrey DeWitt wrote:

> According to Bills website you should use a harmonic balancer
> installation tool to put the balancer back on. None of the local stores
> I checked had such a thing (Auto Zone, Advance, Northern Tool), but they
> all had pullers.
>
> Where do you get this tool? Would any local place be likely to carry
> one or is this something only available through mail order? I see
> Moroso has one but it's kind of pricey for something I'll rarely use.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jeff DeWitt

The thinking is that the threads on the special tool save wear and tear on
the crank threads.

Earle

"philthy" > wrote in message
...
> i just use the bolt and some washers with a impact gun
>
> Jeffrey DeWitt wrote:
>
> > According to Bills website you should use a harmonic balancer
> > installation tool to put the balancer back on. None of the local stores
> > I checked had such a thing (Auto Zone, Advance, Northern Tool), but they
> > all had pullers.
> >
> > Where do you get this tool? Would any local place be likely to carry
> > one or is this something only available through mail order? I see
> > Moroso has one but it's kind of pricey for something I'll rarely use.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jeff DeWitt
>

I'm thinking the bolt is not quite long enough to pull it from the
start. So what is a mallet going to hurt?
God Bless America, Bill 0|||||||0
http://www.billhughes.com/

"Earle Horton" > wrote in message
om...
> The thinking is that the threads on the special tool save wear and tear on
> the crank threads.
>
> Earle



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According to Bills website the regular bolt is too weak and short, I'm
guessing it isn't long enough to get enough bite into the threads to
pull the balancer in.

This afternoon I found a couple of longer bolts at Lowes and I'm going
to give them a try.

I'll let everyone know how it turns out.

Thanks!

Jeff DeWitt

Earle Horton wrote:
> The thinking is that the threads on the special tool save wear and tear on
> the crank threads.
>
> Earle
>
> "philthy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> i just use the bolt and some washers with a impact gun
>>
>> Jeffrey DeWitt wrote:
>>
>>> According to Bills website you should use a harmonic balancer
>>> installation tool to put the balancer back on. None of the local stores
>>> I checked had such a thing (Auto Zone, Advance, Northern Tool), but they
>>> all had pullers.
>>>
>>> Where do you get this tool? Would any local place be likely to carry
>>> one or is this something only available through mail order? I see
>>> Moroso has one but it's kind of pricey for something I'll rarely use.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Jeff DeWitt
>
>

I would be worried about damaging the thrust bearing with a mallet, they
shear easy from what I have seen....

Mike
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L.W. (Bill) Hughes III wrote:
> I'm thinking the bolt is not quite long enough to pull it from the
> start. So what is a mallet going to hurt?
> God Bless America, Bill 0|||||||0
> http://www.billhughes.com/
>
> "Earle Horton" > wrote in message
> om...
>> The thinking is that the threads on the special tool save wear and tear on
>> the crank threads.
>>
>> Earle
>
>
>

The main bearings!

Jeff DeWitt

L.W. (Bill) Hughes III wrote:
> I'm thinking the bolt is not quite long enough to pull it from the
> start. So what is a mallet going to hurt?
> God Bless America, Bill 0|||||||0
> http://www.billhughes.com/
>
> "Earle Horton" > wrote in message
> om...
>> The thinking is that the threads on the special tool save wear and tear on
>> the crank threads.
>>
>> Earle
>
>
>