Kaze
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- 2004 Ford Explorer
There is about an 1/8 inch difference on the length of snoult and where the bolt engages the threads of crankshaft. When you are pulling the old balancer you will run out of threads on bolt. I used a light hammer to finish sliding the old balancer off. When I was installing my new balancer I just kept tapping and checking to see if I could start the old bolt back into the crank threads. REMEMBER!!!! you can not let the crankshaft to rotate backward. I used crankshaft locking tool from my cam timing tool set to lock balancer while loosening the balancer bolt.. I used a chain wrench to hold balancer when torqueing the bolt.
What kind of damage can be caused if the crankshaft rotates backward (or forward for that matter)? I just did mine and I did allow it to rotate backwards. Just wondering if I inadvertently created another, bigger, issue.