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harmonic balancer (1/4)
 7/23/14 1:42pm
Joanne
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who,just spent  5 hrs getting balancer off.

broke my toy puller.

but abit of 1/2'' plate, welder and drill made a puller and got it off.



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Re: harmonic balancer (2/4)
 7/23/14 5:36pm
dads2vetteLifetime Member
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Good jobThumbs Up  Feels good when it gets done!

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Re: harmonic balancer (3/4)
 7/24/14 5:59am
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Been there done that.  I went through multiple pullers trying to get a balancer off once.  All I can say is good
luck getting it back on.  I had to hammer the heck out of it to get one back and I worried that I damaged the main bearing.   I swore the end of my crank had to have been mushroomed somehow.
I've since installed another motor and someone else is stuck with that crank/balancer now :)

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Re: harmonic balancer (4/4)
 7/24/14 9:09am
Joanne
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well if it that tight. think I  would run some run some rubbing paper thru it a few time and look for burrs/dinks.

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