Don't feel bad about the spanking; we all get one from papa Charlie once in awhile.
But all that aside Bob. The balancer is a light press fit. You have to conceder that all of the thrust on the pulley is radial not axial so it doesn't take much to keep it on the crank.
A lot of the guys just drive the balancer on with a persuader and a block of wood. I'm not nuts about that method because of the chance of damaging the rubber support cushion between the hub and balance ring. A better method but one that requires a bit more work is to drill and tap the crank (7/16-20NF)and use a “Harmonic Balancer Installer” which pulls the balancer hub up against the stop on the crank snout. You can borrow the installers from places like AutoZone. There are a couple of pictures on this page of how I solved the drilling/tapping and seal alignment on mine, might give you some ideas:
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/tools_of_the_trade&page=1 As fur as the headliner goes, can’t help ya there, I taint been thru that exercise yet. It’s funny, but for every one that says it’s a bear, I hear from another that says it’s a piece of cake. Knowing all the trouble I make for myself over the simplest of tasks, I’m sure that I’m in for a battle when I get around to the headliner.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
