| Re: Timing on the '86 |
Subject: Re: Timing on the '86 by 86PACER on 2009/11/25 7:24:17 Quote:
I paid about $60 for a real nice Craftsman light at Sears. It doubles as a usefull spark checker on no start conditions. If your balancer is slipped it's not something you want to put off. It's going to butt up against the timing cover eventually and begin to grind. When it does it's only a matter of time till it eats clean through it, adding metal shavings in the oil, and rewarding you with a big ass oil leak. By this time you probably already circulated some of it through the motor. All for a $50 part. And if you do have to replace it, Autozone rents both the puller and and installer basically for free with a refundable deposit. You get your money back as long as you don't trash their tool after using it. I have another one to change in a Camaro. Damn thing is already grinding on the timing cover. This one went unheard because the grinding noise was drowned out by the noise of the engine running. I assume you don't know how to tell. You should not be able to see any part of the balancer through the the hole in the timing tab. On a good balancer, the tip of the timing tab teeth should be suspended halfway over the balancer ring as in the first pic. You can use these as reference points to tell slippage. If you crawl under the car and see almost no space between the balancer and the timing cover, it's slipped. You should be able to fit your fingers behind it easily. Good: [URL=http://img526.imageshack.us/i/balancer1.jpg/][IMG]http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/1728/balancer1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Bad: This one is already grinding against the timing cover. [URL=http://img222.imageshack.us/i/balancer3.jpg/][IMG]http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/307/balancer3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] |
