Harmonic balancer bolt removal

flyfish said

I use to do this before I got a good impact:

Put your ratchet on the balancer bolt and set it parallel to the ground. Put a jackstand under the handle of the ratchet. Hop in, turn the key briefly (the starter has to be in obviously) and it should break loose.

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Long ago I watched a guy do similar for a 383 balancer bolt with a breaker bar. Stood the bar straight up and hit the key. Bar hit the frame rail and broke the bolt loose.
Then he starts rooting around in a box of old parts and pulls out an rod cap, a couple bolts and some washers. He used those and the balancer bolt to pull the balancer off.