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rjmcgee
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:15 pm    Post subject: Check this out Reply with quote
So I mentioned in another thread that my Camaro had some sort of bad inbalance thing going on in the engine. Well today I busted her out of a pile of snow and took a look at it. The harmonic balancer seperated the outer ring from the hub and was just riding on there loose. I snagged the balancer off the GTA sitting here and she's good as new again.

Then I went sideways to celebrate!Thumbs up

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chevymad
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Did you install it with a hammer?? Wink At least it was a fairly simple fix.
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fiveoformula
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Do those generally wear out easily?
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alloy
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
fiveoformula wrote:
Do those generally wear out easily?


Not unless you install them with a "Hammer" Pokey pokey
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aaron_sK
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
alloy wrote:
fiveoformula wrote:
Do those generally wear out easily?


Not unless you install them with a "Hammer" Pokey pokey


Laughing so hard it hurts

Actually, old ones do it sometimes. Rubber between the two pieces dries up and cracks. Not something to get too worried about though.
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Dewey316
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
pfff, a little JB Weld and it is good as new.
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Twilightoptics
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
alloy wrote:
fiveoformula wrote:
Do those generally wear out easily?


Not unless you install them with a "Hammer" Pokey pokey



You know the old 327 cranks didn't have a threaded hole. The specified means was installing with a hammer.
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rjmcgee
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I installed the new one with a hammer, at least until I could enough threads on the bolt engaged to run it on. Just hit the hub, not the outside ring.
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iansane
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Whoa. Yikes. Could it have walked off if left like that?
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Quasi-Traction
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Shocked

Good thing you caught that when you did. That could have been very nasty, and a much more expensive fix.
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