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Re: Bad haminic balancer. Is this an excuse to install a blower?

From: Bob I <birelan1(at)yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: Bad haminic balancer. Is this an excuse to install a blower?

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:49:12 -0500

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No, they just pin it.



Stephen wrote:

> Being that my my the grommet in between the harmonic balancer andf crank is

> shot. Might it be time to consider a blower? From what I understand the

> flywheel needs to be fused with the crank when a blower is installed..

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Subject: Bad Harmonic Balancer

From: "Steve Horrillo" <usenet(at)stephenhorrillo.com>

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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 02:47:19 GMT

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I reported in earlier posts that my belts on my `98 C5 were squeaking. I

took it to a friend`s shop and he found that the rubber in the harmonic

balancer is all worn and wobbling. He said the belts are old and dry too.

The job is going to cost $679 total, new belts and all. He said it`s a 4

hour job to get the harmonic balancer changed. Does that sound about right?



What gets me is that I just had the car at the dealer and they replaced two

tensioners. They said it needed new belts to stop the squeaking. Why didn`t

they spot the bad harmonic balancer? Can I get away with not replacing it?

What happens when one fails?



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Warmest regards,



Steve






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Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:55:57 -0800

From: Crabs <IHateSpam(at)SpamSucks.com>

Subject: Re: Bad Harmonic Balancer

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Steve:

> I reported in earlier posts that my belts on my `98 C5 were squeaking. I

> took it to a friend`s shop and he found that the rubber in the harmonic

> balancer is all worn and wobbling. He said the belts are old and dry too.

> The job is going to cost $679 total, new belts and all. He said it`s a 4

> hour job to get the harmonic balancer changed. Does that sound about right?

Seems about right. It`s a rats nest of pipes, hoses, belts, and god

knows what in front of the LS1, and there`s little to no room to get at

anything. All the accessories probably have to come off of the front of

the motor to access the harmonic balancer, and maybe even the radiator

and cooling hoses, can`t really tell from the pictures I`ve found.

Regardless, there`s a lot to be moved around just to get a hand down to

the area of interest.



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> What gets me is that I just had the car at the dealer and they replaced two

> tensioners. They said it needed new belts to stop the squeaking. Why didn`t

> they spot the bad harmonic balancer? Can I get away with not replacing it?

> What happens when one fails?

It`s kind of hard to see from the top, maybe easier from the bottom.

It`s not something that usually fails. Before I`d let them work on it

I`d check to see if there`s any TSB`s out on it.

To be quite honest, I smell a rat. I`ve owned quite a few cars over the

years (and most were GM, but not all...) and I`ve NEVER had a harmonic

balancer go bad.

Now, I`m not saying that it doesn`t happen. It seems to be a common

failure on newer Mercedes (went surfing the NG`s via Google). Didn`t see

anything on LS1 HB`s, so I doubt it a big failure item.

Get a second or third opinion.

What happens if it fails completely? As it wobbles it`ll chew up the

front of the motor including timing chain cover & seal, as well as maybe

the lower pulley and serpentine belt. It could conceivably cause timing

chain problems and maybe even early crankshaft failure.



Good luck!

TomC

`90 ZR1 #792

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Title: Yubo's Juzu brings good luck
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:13:39 +0000
Author: jdmsteve

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For those who arent familiar with Mr.Yubo, hes a D1 driver fully sponsored by the infamous WELD. His demeanor is a super friendly and energetic character, but once you get in the car with him he means all business. Nightwalkers is the name of his race team, as they are notoriously known to be one of the top crews in the Yokohama region. Ive had several opportunities to hang out with him and go to the local touges in Japan a few years back.

He straps in, greets you with his friendly smile, blasts his super euro trance mix to get his adrenaline pumping and just tosses the car sideways in a two lane mountain road. His drifting skills were acquired in the local mountains, not at the race track like most of the competitive drifters these days.

His blog can be seen here: yubo-yokohama

While he is in competition he mostly relies on his skill but the rest is up to his good luck charm. A “Yuzu” bracelet is blessed by Buddhist priests and brings safety and good luck to each who wears it around their wrist. It started as a religious necessity in the past, but in modern times in the land of the rising sun, it is often seen as the latest fashion trend.

Interesting trend!  www.x7x-yubo.com


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