wheelin99s
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Hudson, Wisconsin
So the other days I heard a ticking or knocking coming from the front of my 4.0. long story short I had found that the harmonic balancer bolt had backed out and the balancer was wobbling back and forth on the crank. I was able to unscrew the bolt by hand and slide the balancer off by hand also.
The woodruff key was beat up and the keyway in the crank is a little beat out too. But the balancer is fine. What I did the get back on the road was baught a new woodruff key and put it in it's place on the crank with a small amount of JB weld under it. Then I slid the balancer back on by hand and put red locktite on the bolt and torque that thing down super tight.
It is working just fine now but should I be worried? Especially at the fact that the balancer goes on and off without the use of a puller/installer??
The woodruff key was beat up and the keyway in the crank is a little beat out too. But the balancer is fine. What I did the get back on the road was baught a new woodruff key and put it in it's place on the crank with a small amount of JB weld under it. Then I slid the balancer back on by hand and put red locktite on the bolt and torque that thing down super tight.
It is working just fine now but should I be worried? Especially at the fact that the balancer goes on and off without the use of a puller/installer??