My Motorcraft harmonic balancer came in the mail so I'll hopefully be installing that today. Figured I'd make a thread before I start so you guys can comment...

Anyone who's done it before, got any tips on replacement? Anything I need to know before I start tearing down?

I'll be sure to take plenty of pics, as always

Do you have plenty of band-aids?

Blue Goose said:

Do you have plenty of band-aids?

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naw it ain't that bad-you have a harmonic puller right??? don't forget the washer behind the bolt-seen that snafu before

Change the seal while your at it.

take your radiator out and use an air gun haha. Thats the easy way... Minus the radiator part! lol. X2 on the new seal! And make sure u remember which way it goes in lol

Junior...I have done that snafu before.......nothing like a big assbolt flyin around the tech school shop at Mach 3......x2 on everything said here.

JR

flareside_thunder said:

Junior...I have done that snafu before.......nothing like a big assbolt flyin around the tech school shop at Mach 3......x2 on everything said here.

JR

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yes it does put a damper on things-and you feel so stupid

Awaiting pics. You gonna use the neighbors fancy garage?

its really not that hard. basically, take the radiator out so you can have more room. then take your belt off. ake sure you have a puller for the crank pulley.

I like to just pull the whole motor, so you don't have to mess with the radiator. Then when its on the stand its right there to get to!

I have returned!

I forgot to take pics of the install Andy was over here helping me do it (and he brought his puller! ) and he was in a hurry to get home so I didn't have time to screw around with the camera.

BUT GUESS WHAT!!! We took the old balancer off, and put the two balancers face to face, then lined up the crankshaft keyways on the two balancers and checked the timing marks to see if they matched.... NOT EVEN CLOSE!!! HAHAHAHA The old one's balancing ring had rotated by like 10-20 degrees!!! I'm not kidding you, it was WAY off. Andy's my witness.

Anyways, I'm waiting for my brother to move his truck so I can drive over to the shop and put my engine back in time. Clearly it's not running where it's supposed to be I'll give you updates as they come

Damn thats wierd. Mine is eyeballed. No timing marks on my balancer. All rusted off. Send me the timing ring part, maybe I can transfter marks to my one, yea im cheap. Lol

lil_dq said:

I like to just pull the whole motor, so you don't have to mess with the radiator. Then when its on the stand its right there to get to!

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thats what i did!

Chris you're welcome to have my old balancer if you wanna pay shipping

Didn't get to drive it cuz my stupid bro didn't move his truck and now dinner is ready. Idle seems to be a lot smoother though!!

Skandocious said:

Andy's my witness.

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I don't know what you're talking about.

I do know that Chris has learned that using a hammer on the end of a ratchet doesn't work quite as well as using an actual impact wrench.

andym said:

I don't know what you're talking about.

I do know that Chris has learned that using a hammer on the end of a ratchet doesn't work quite as well as using an actual impact wrench.

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Lol Get them while they last. Chris Hammer..cough..cough...Impact Ratchet. Haha thats funny, yea I remember what it was like when I didnt have an impact.

Skandocious said:

........I forgot to take pics of the install Andy was over here helping me do it (and he brought his puller! ) and he was in a hurry to get home so I didn't have time to screw around with the camera............

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Ahhh man! I might have to replace one someday and now I won't have pictures to follow. I am severely disappointed in you.


Go take it off and do it again mister!

Haha I already had an impact gun (my dad left plenty of air tools for us ), but I was being lazy and didn't wanna run extension cords and wheel out the air compressor. It ended up working great though

Here's a couple pics of my old balancer.





New balancer installed. I meant to get a pic of it before I put it in but I freakin forgot... So disappointed

I was just teasing you. LOL So far...I have never had to replace one.

Well... I recommend all you guys with older trucks (yes ninth gen is considered an older truck in my opinion), have a look at both the front and back of your balancer and see if the rubber is deteriorating like mine... If so, the balance ring could very well have rotated like mine.