| Re: Torsional Damper |
Subject: Re: Torsional Damper by Qack on 2008/6/28 15:03:24 Quote:
Sometimes a firm hand is what is needed. I finally got my damper -- NOT THE HUB, just the outer, weighted wheel -- off first by taking the spark plugs out so my terrific wife could rotate the engine by hand. I then jacked up the car, crawled underneath and tapped on the balancer using a piece of hardwood. I would tap a couple of times, have my wife rotate the engine 90 degrees, tap a couple of times ... then repeat until it came off. Took about five minutes. This was needed to overcome 125,000 miles of rust! I never tapped very hard, the wood minimized the shock load on the damper and the three outer bolts were off, so very little force was transferred to the thrust bearing. The hub itself was easy using a cheap ($19.95) puller from Autozone and three bolts from Home Depot -- and I also give my thanks for that power steering loop! |
