I've seen my share of old balancers "slip" and need replacing. So......my bud comes over in his Blazer and ask me to set the timing so, I aim the light and no mark hmmmm..... upon closer inspection I find that the outer ring has "walked" fwd and is touching the pulley. I tell him to change the balancer and I'll set it. Fast forward to today, after replacing it with another used balancer it does the same thing. I'm sure he beat it on with a maul knowing that yo-yo so I was thinking the Thrust Bearing?? Any ideas??......

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It could be coincidence that he had the original balancer split along with the used replacement.I had the outer ring walk off my balancer on the 350 Olds motor in my 82 Cutlass...I replaced it-no problem.

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My only experience with dampers moving was on an engine that soon after tossed a rod. I've always wondered if the bearings/journals went bad because the damper blew...or if the damper blew because of bearing/journal problems.

>I'm sure he beat it on with a maul knowing that yo-yo so I was thinking the Thrust Bearing?? Any ideas??......

Aiiieeee! Yeah, I doubt it's within spec after that. The question is, is it worth checking? Only you and he can answer that... That guy needs a dope slap from his friend (hint).

I had one guy tell me he wasted two crankshafts in his boat motor before he realized that they had the dampner on there for a reason. Gee, it won't fit, we'll just leave this off... :O

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JYD71_454:
&gt;That guy needs a dope slap from his friend (hint).

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.....is that anything like a "Pimp" slap? I know how to do that http://www.chevelles.com/forum/biggrin.gif............LOL

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Do it JJ!! Give him the ole 'Pimp' slap!

I had this happen twice with new balancers on my blown Malibu. Replaced them with a Fluidamper; no more problems.

i had the outer ring come off one time,broke the crank the next week.
need to get that fixed in a hurry.

I'll take the easy way out (no typing) and let you check out the official Cartalk dope slap technique Here (http://cartalk.cars.com/DopeSlap/technique.html)

Hey JYD, I checked it out and here in Louisiana we let'em know where it came from and call it "Pimp" slapping'em.......

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