Harmonic balancer bolt broke- Now What!!
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There is barely enough room for a drill. There may be enough room if I remove the radiator. Depends on how big the guide is. I'm going to have someone look at it.
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The length of the guide was dictated by the length of the bolt I had to go through. I had to be sure the bit came through the center of the 6" bolt with no damage to the surrounding material.
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I am delivering it to a guy today that can build a drill guide and hopefully drill it out. Just as a side note, when I bought the new Bolt from the dealership, the parts guy said that he had sold several of these bolts in the past 2 to 3 weeks. Must be a weak link. Beware if you are having to remove this bolt
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I have a guy working on it now. He felt confident that he could make a drill guide, drill it, put in a weld rod, then weld a head on it and back it out.(I believe that I said that right). Worse case he could thread the section of crank that is in front of the broken bolt and use a larger bolt.
He has had for a couple of days, just waiting to hear. I will let you know.
He has had for a couple of days, just waiting to hear. I will let you know.
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Well, i finally got my problem resolved. (hopefully!). I found a guy who was able to fix it. The old bolt couldnt be removed, but he was able to tap the end of the crank that was exposed and put a new larger diameter, but shorter bolt in it. He also replaced the crank seal and the harmonic balancer. So far, so good. No leaks!
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That's great news! Been waiting to see the outcome of this.