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I am finally down to the main pully or harmonic balancer.

Mine is off somehow. Apparently the darn thing has bottomed hitting the timing marker on the front cover. I was told I can try to salvage it by carefullly pressing the thing back to it original flush position if I don't damage the rubber.

This pulley is the only only I got, so I don't want to go get another one if I can avoid it.

They are irreplaceable too. Best I can do is get a used one, but that will depend on if I can fix the one I got.

Has anyone successfully done this? If so, how did you go about doing it?

I found a place online that will rebuild it better than new using modern materials, but he is asking $90 including retun shipping with a 3 day turnaround.
http://dalemfg.com/dale_010.htm

If it takes him 3 days, there has to a be kit or technique I am unaware of.


Geez, one last part to go and a torque and this baby going in the engine compartment.

minh,
i bought a rebuilt hb from cdm for about that price. at this point, it is not worth cutting corners - to try to save couple of bucks... trust me ... doing it right the first time will save you many head and heart aches

good luck...

been there... done that...

If you pull the thing off, you should be able to reset it. I pulled mine with no problem. You need a really big extractor to do it. To replace it, just place it on the crank and set it by torque ( I can't remember the exact spec to torque it to.)

Will

that's a pretty common failure on the U20. You'll need to fix it, just pressing it back together is a short term fix. You could weld the outer part to the hub - it's been done - but you'd better make sure that it's oriented to TDC correctly before doing that. Best to have it fixed right now and not worry about it again for a decade.

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I think I missunderstood the question. It sounded like he was just trying to remove the thing.

Will