The last time I was under my 94 Mustang GT Convertible to give it it's 5k oil change I realized that the harmonic balancer was starting to fail. The outer weight is separate than the hub with a piece of rubber in between. The car has roughly 150k on the odometer. A quick post on the corral.net forums netted me a parts store replacement with about 5k miles on it shipped to my door for $37.00.
The damper lives on the front of the crank shaft and has timing marks on it. It is a 50oz imbalance. The crank pulley is bolted to the damper.
I jacked the car up and put the jack stands under the k-member. I put the car in 1st gear a d applied the e-brake. The rear drivers tire was chocked front and back. I used a rachet to loosen the serpentine belt. Air rachet made quick work on removing the crank pulley. I put a breaker bar on the damper bolt and that didn't work. I was actually still turning the engine. Yes - even though the e-brake was on, car was in gear and the wheel was chocked it still wasn't enough. I realized I needed to employ an impact gun. The problem is that my IR gun has an extended anvil. There's not enough room. Time to make room.
I removed the rad supports and was able to lift the radiator and electric fan assembly out of the way enough to get the impact gun in there. That worked like a charm. I used a damper puller to remove the old damper. I installed the new damper and torques to spec. Installed the crank pulley and torqued the bolts to spec. I installed the serpentine belt and the rad supports. A quick ride and the motor runs a lot smoother. Time spent - 2 hours. Cost - $37.00 dollars. NICE!
Friday, April 8, 2011
Time to keep a record!
Throughout my journeys I often come across some good ideas that are really worth sharing. I decided to start a blog to keep track of these artifacts. Artifacts may be ideas, a product, a process, anything.
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