Re: Harmonic b
 

Yup, that's the sound I was talking about. Right on!

Re: Harmonic b
 

I'm installing one myself soon. Here's an excellent video, this guy is real good, though he seems to have more faith in experience than torque wrenches;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7BuijqjcUk


Not saying you didn't, but the bolt inserted into the crank has to bottom out. Otherwise you're tearing up threads as you tighten the balancer.

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Here is an explanation of why you apply grease to the back of the crank seal , It's just a safety measure but if the spring does come off when your replacing the seal with the timing cover on the engine it eventually will end up in your oil pan and nobody wants pieces of spring steel getting sucked up into your oil pump . I've seen it happen . This is why I pull timing covers to replace crank seals .:chevy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOfOHMI6Wnc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MzHlqQFHcs

funny thing is ,that spring came flying off as soon as we took the cover off , and yes nobody wants pieces of steel flying around in there
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Thanks LockDoc
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Well folks got the truck started sounded good but now we have hemorrhage from the bottom of timing cover /oil pan meet ,would it be safe to say its the oil pan gasket ,i did replace the half moon one but i guess it did not seat correctly ,thanks again
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Re: Harmonic b
 

Did you use the right one?
There are two.
Different thicknesses.

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Back to your messed up threads in the snout of the crank.

Google "Bottoming Tap". You can usually cut a few more threads in there with one.

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I've seen people drill out a crank with stripped threads and rethread it for a larger bolt, I believe it was a 3/4 bolt.

I used the one that came with the timing cover gasket which was the right one ,i did put them side to side and they were the same ,.
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Did you lower the pan when you put the timing cover back on?

I did run a 7/16 20 in there , the initial 1/4 inch threada were bad just deep wnough for the bolt to slip ,i got a longer bolt and cut it down a bit and it was able to grab enough to tighten ,its all good now .
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Its all good bow ,but if i have to take it off again ill have to go that route.
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Oh oh ,i most certainly did not ,smh
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Oh, oh is right.
Likely knocked the gasket outta place.
There’s two ways to fix it.
One is drop the front of the pan about 1/2 inch so the timing cover gasket stays in place.
Two is leave the pan alone and modify the cover bottom channel.
Like this. Pic-in here and explanation.
https://forums.iboats.com/forum/engi...ng-the-oil-pan

i got me in this mess , looks like ill just change the oil pan gasket and be done with it hell of a lot easier than taking timing cover off if it was the seal.

Thanks for the info and help..
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