Harmonic Damper (balancer - whatever) question

You will need a puller to remove the balancer, make sure that you use one that attaches to the holes where the pulley mounts. A jaw puller may just slide the outer ring off and ruin your dampener. Another thing to be care full is to avoid having the threaded portion of the puller screw up the threads in your crankshaft. Most pullers come with a disc that centers it and avoids this problem.

You should seriously consider using an installer tool when you put it back together. Tapping it in place with a hammer is not a good idea, think of the thrust bearing on your crankshaft. Both the puller and installer should be available for rent at a nearby Autozone.

you can sand the rust off then re-mark the timing lines with a white pen if you dont need to replace it. i mark new balancers with a white pen too. just so you can see the markings real good.

My old balancer was really rusty... I just took a sheet of sandpaper and sanded the outer surface, so that the timing marks were still rusty. I was able to time it like that

66HertzClone said:

You will need a puller to remove the balancer, make sure that you use one that attaches to the holes where the pulley mounts. A jaw puller may just slide the outer ring off and ruin your dampener. Another thing to be care full is to avoid having the threaded portion of the puller screw up the threads in your crankshaft.

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I'll back that up. I just take an old damper bolt with no washer and let the puller push on that. Slides right off, but I usually oil the crank snout before installing anything.

I also put a bead of silicone under the washer so oil doesn't creep around it.