Impact on harmonic balancer accidentally!

[Creomod]

Ok I wanted to rotate engine by hand but didn’t want to remove the dizzy soooo I thought let me use the impact,I did and I heard it tourqing and I stopped! Well now I’m turning engine over by hand with wrench and it feels different. Like harder to turn over. Spark plugs out no belt. I left the house and this just occurred to me. Think ,is it possible I tightened the harmonic bolt and that’s what’s causing the resistance. It’s like 30lbs to turn over but I swear it just feels like it has the spark plugs on it. I just built it and I remember I just did valvetrain few months back.

 

[revhead347]

No. An impact is how you tighten a harmonic balancer. A little extra torque wouldn't cause it to turn over harder. Not sure why you would attempt to turn an engine over with an impact.

Kurt

 

[Creomod]

No. An impact is how you tighten a harmonic balancer. A little extra torque wouldn't cause it to turn over harder. Not sure why you would attempt to turn an engine over with an impact.

Kurt. Being dumb not thinking.

 

[Noobz347]

Unless your impact looks like this:

Then you're probably ok.

 

[revhead347]

It's okay. Many years ago I left the wratchet I used to turn the engine over on the balancer socket, when I started the engine. It hit the radiator hose, and backed the balancer socket all the way out. 2 gallons of antifreeze wasted to pull the radiator back off so I could get the impact back in there to tighten the balancer again.

Kurt

 

[revhead347]

Cute

 

[Noobz347]

It's okay. Many years ago I left the wratchet I used to turn the engine over on the balancer socket, when I started the engine. It hit the radiator hose, and backed the balancer socket all the way out. 2 gallons of antifreeze wasted to pull the radiator back off so I could get the impact back in there to tighten the balancer again.

Kurt

I left a wrench on a cam bolt on a Mitsu Galant GSR...

Cranked it over and completely wiped out a new head... on a new motor...


I win!

 

[Noobz347]

Cute

Ahhh... the ultra-portable pocket version.

 

[Noobz347]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGtpxRFb4Do&ab_channel=Carsand
...

 

[Creomod]

Unless your impact looks like this:

Then you're probably ok.

Lol

 

[Trogdor]

It's okay. Many years ago I left the wratchet I used to turn the engine over on the balancer socket, when I started the engine. It hit the radiator hose, and backed the balancer socket all the way out. 2 gallons of antifreeze wasted to pull the radiator back off so I could get the impact back in there to tighten the balancer again.

Kurt

This sounds like a very easy way to remove the bolt.