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| | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 229 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 229 | there was no bolt holding the balancer on. was just wondering if you tap them back on or is the crank threaded so i can fashion an installer. any help would be apreciated. thanks MO
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | They're a friction fit and just driven on the snout of the crank till they bottom on the shoulder.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,751 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,751 | If you want to drill & tap the end of the crankshaft for an installer, I have a kit built up with all the necessary guide bushings, drill bits, and taps to do it right. I get a small deposit upfront and return most of it when the tooling comes back in good shape. The old-style 216 balancer with the hand crank lugs needs to have a little machining done on it to use a center bolt effectively.
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 775 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 775 | I have a 216, 1953 block. The crank is threaded. Check yours and if it is threaded I suggest you install a bolt with a nut and washers and tighten the nut thus pushing on the balancer on to the crank. Its a better approach than driving it on. They make sleeves that go over the seal area to repair the wear at the seal if yours is worn. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 229 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 229 | i will have to look at it closer. its a 51 with the hand crank provision. ive installed speedy sleeves before i am not that far into the 216 to worry about that right now. was wondering if guys tapped them back on or drilled them. so they could use a harmonic balancer installer (which i have in the toolbox). not too worried about leaking oil as of now. i just want to get the engine back in one piece. i removed it to install a chrome timing cover. its just a decoration in the garage right now.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,751 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,751 | If you decide to drive the balancer on, heat the hub area with a Propane torch until a drop of water sizzles when it's dropped onto the hub, then tap it on quickly with a BFH and a block of hard wood like maple. If the crankshaft is threaded, someone has done it after the fact; none of the inline six cranks were drilled/tapped at the factory.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,513 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,513 | Or if you don't have a torch handy set it on the stove until you need mitts to pick it up.
1952 1300 Canadian 1/2 ton restomod You Tube | | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 229 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 229 | thats what i would do. we installed new timing gears in the 80's 2.5 liter this way. the book said remove engine so we cut them off and heated the gear and tapped them on. the 216 timing gears actually reminded me of them.
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