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| | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 103 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 103 | I'm attempting to remove the harmonic balancer from a 1956 235. Ive got the puller connected and all cinched up -- the problem is -- even with a 2 foot long cheater bar I can't get anything to even budge. How much pressure should it take???
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#1147 01/17/2004 11:25 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 343 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 343 | The previous owner may have put locktite on the crank shaft to prevent the balancer from coming off on its own. Try applying heat at the mating surfaces and then use your puller and see if it then comes free.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | Tighten the center bolt on the pulle and TAP firmly on the end of the center-bolt
tighten a little more and tap,, tighten, tap... see if that helps
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | twe56,
If the good suggestions above do not work, put as much torque on the puller as you can with the 2-ft cheater bar and then leave the tensioned puller in place overnight. This popped one loose for me once.
Good luck,
Tim | | | | | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 39 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 39 | Mechainiac Said it all. Good and tight and hit the end of the puller shaft with a hammer. May take several attempts to tighten and whack before any results are visible. If it will tighten a little bit each time it means it is moving in the right direction.
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