installing harmonic damper
This is what I use to install and remove the balancer on my car. I bought these tools. You can rent them too, except for the little rectangular piece. That piece is used for keeping your engine / balancer in place while you tighten it or loosen it the crank bolt. (Handy darn little piece in my book) That piece is something that mounts to your balancer by means of two (2) bolts that hold your crank pulley on. ( i bought it off fleabay)
Now, if you have not installed your balancer yet then do this.
1)Make sure you use a small amount of grease on the inside surface of the balancer . Make sure you have cleaned the inside of the balancer / damper and the crank snout before you install anything (including the grease). Once the balancer is on by hand and you have it on the crank and in the keyway (you can feel it and you will know), place the balancer installation tool in the crank threaded hole and use the bearing and large nut to install the balancer. (Read the directions on the the balancer install kit...it's not hard) You will need a couple large crescent wrenches to do this. DO NOT use the crank bolt to install the balancer and DO NOT hammer the balancer on. Some people may do this , but I personally would not suggest it.
Once the balancer / damper is on properly ...do this to tighten the crank bolt.
Put two (2) of the crank "Pulley" bolts through the two small holes in the plate and thread them into the balancer. Snug them up. Put a 1/2 inch breaker bar into the square broached hole. Make sure you have the breaker bar secured against the K-Frame or the ground. (Which ever way you need to use it) Your balancer / damper should already be installed at this time. Hand tighten the crank bolt until it stops. Then, set your torque wrench at 135 ft. lbs. (That's the setting I use from the Chrysler manual). Tighten the crank bolt. I hope this helps somewhat .
Hey... I ain't the resident pro on this forum by any means. But, this is just the way I do this.
This is what I use to install and remove the balancer on my car. I bought these tools. You can rent them too, except for the little rectangular piece. That piece is used for keeping your engine / balancer in place while you tighten it or loosen it the crank bolt. (Handy darn little piece in my book) That piece is something that mounts to your balancer by means of two (2) bolts that hold your crank pulley on. ( i bought it off fleabay)
Now, if you have not installed your balancer yet then do this.
1)Make sure you use a small amount of grease on the inside surface of the balancer . Make sure you have cleaned the inside of the balancer / damper and the crank snout before you install anything (including the grease). Once the balancer is on by hand and you have it on the crank and in the keyway (you can feel it and you will know), place the balancer installation tool in the crank threaded hole and use the bearing and large nut to install the balancer. (Read the directions on the the balancer install kit...it's not hard) You will need a couple large crescent wrenches to do this. DO NOT use the crank bolt to install the balancer and DO NOT hammer the balancer on. Some people may do this , but I personally would not suggest it.
Once the balancer / damper is on properly ...do this to tighten the crank bolt.
Put two (2) of the crank "Pulley" bolts through the two small holes in the plate and thread them into the balancer. Snug them up. Put a 1/2 inch breaker bar into the square broached hole. Make sure you have the breaker bar secured against the K-Frame or the ground. (Which ever way you need to use it) Your balancer / damper should already be installed at this time. Hand tighten the crank bolt until it stops. Then, set your torque wrench at 135 ft. lbs. (That's the setting I use from the Chrysler manual). Tighten the crank bolt. I hope this helps somewhat .
Hey... I ain't the resident pro on this forum by any means. But, this is just the way I do this.
