Need some help

[govtmule]

I had just gotten of the interstate and came to a stop light and the car started to shake its a** off. I gave it a lil gas a figured it was a hiccup. Not the case, its shaking its a** off ang generally running poor. I poped the old hood and the plate behind my crank pully is not atatched and is just spinning. What is this plate? Is this the problem? How can i fix it? It makes me wanna cry to go start it up

 

[Rootus]

Sounds like the balancer gave up. Do NOT run the engine any more than you have to with a broken balancer, or you will be rebuilding the bottom end. Stock replacement balancers are cheap, and as long as you're mostly stock they are fine.

Dave

 

[govtmule]

thanks alot gonna go pick a new one up, is this a hard install? it didnt look very hard

 

[Rootus]

thanks alot gonna go pick a new one up, is this a hard install? it didnt look very hard

No, the stock balancer should be trivial (some of the aftermarket ones can be a real PITA). You'll just have to yank the serpentine belt, unbolt the crank pully, and remove the balancer bolt (pretty big bolt, like 7/8 or 15/16 if I remember correctly). The stock balancer should easily slide right off, and same with the install of the new one.

Dave