Chevrolet 12675716 Crankshaft Balancer Assembly

This procedure needs a new harmonic balancer bolt and a balancer installation tool that is accessible justified by specialized tool makers. First of all, you should pull the cable with the negative connection end off the battery. Lift up the front part of the vehicle until the weight is being borne on jackstands securely. Take out the belts and the splash shield. Third, take off the starter motor, turning the ring gear teeth on the flywheel/driveplate with a prybar coming through the rear of the engine block while loosening the center bolt of the harmonic balancer pulley. It is recommended that the balancer be pulled off the crankshaft with a three-jaw puller; it is important that the jaws do not grip the outer ring of the balancer but rather the hub of it. So as to avoid damaging the threads of the crankshaft, extend an Allen-head bolt into the crankshaft nose in which the taper of the puller will bear. Clean the oil seal end of the crankshaft with clean engine oil and then place the crankshaft pulley/harmonic balancer on the crankshaft making sure that the groove in the hub fits to the Woodruff key. Take the crankshaft and make sure that it is held firmly and try using the previous harmonic balancer bolt to fix the balancer on the crankshaft. Replace a harmonic balancer bolt and tighten to the next specified torque and angle in a two-step sequence with the torque angle gauge. The continuation of the installation is done in the reverse of the removal processes followed above.