Bad harmonic balancer?
 

In all my years of driving I thought I've had everything break that
could, but now have a new one.

For the past few weeks I've been hearing a new noise from my engine, and
I'd pretty much convinced myself that it was the bearing in the AC
compressor bracket that supports the fan... after all the Jeep DOES have
something like 330,000 miles on it so weird things are going to break,
and the fan does have a little wobble to it.

One of the noises is a "tink tink tink" as the fan gently hits the
harmonic balancer.

After finding the right part (I think) at the local pick a part now I'm
not so sure that's what the problem is.

Looking at it again tonight it looks like the harmonic balancer is
wobbling a bit, that can't be good.

Any of you had one of these go bad? What are the symptoms?

Thanks!

Jeff DeWitt

Re: Bad harmonic balancer?
 

Don't rule out the main bearings going bad. This will allow the whole crank,
balancer, pulley, and etc to bounce up and down a little.

Hope yours IS just the balancer, though.

Spdloader


"Jeffrey DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:4605eec3$0$5209$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> In all my years of driving I thought I've had everything break that could,
> but now have a new one.
>
> For the past few weeks I've been hearing a new noise from my engine, and
> I'd pretty much convinced myself that it was the bearing in the AC
> compressor bracket that supports the fan... after all the Jeep DOES have
> something like 330,000 miles on it so weird things are going to break, and
> the fan does have a little wobble to it.
>
> One of the noises is a "tink tink tink" as the fan gently hits the
> harmonic balancer.
>
> After finding the right part (I think) at the local pick a part now I'm
> not so sure that's what the problem is.
>
> Looking at it again tonight it looks like the harmonic balancer is
> wobbling a bit, that can't be good.
>
> Any of you had one of these go bad? What are the symptoms?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jeff DeWitt

Re: Bad harmonic balancer?
 

Don't rule out the main bearings going bad. This will allow the whole crank,
balancer, pulley, and etc to bounce up and down a little.

Hope yours IS just the balancer, though.

Spdloader


"Jeffrey DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:4605eec3$0$5209$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> In all my years of driving I thought I've had everything break that could,
> but now have a new one.
>
> For the past few weeks I've been hearing a new noise from my engine, and
> I'd pretty much convinced myself that it was the bearing in the AC
> compressor bracket that supports the fan... after all the Jeep DOES have
> something like 330,000 miles on it so weird things are going to break, and
> the fan does have a little wobble to it.
>
> One of the noises is a "tink tink tink" as the fan gently hits the
> harmonic balancer.
>
> After finding the right part (I think) at the local pick a part now I'm
> not so sure that's what the problem is.
>
> Looking at it again tonight it looks like the harmonic balancer is
> wobbling a bit, that can't be good.
>
> Any of you had one of these go bad? What are the symptoms?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jeff DeWitt

Re: Bad harmonic balancer?
 

Don't rule out the main bearings going bad. This will allow the whole crank,
balancer, pulley, and etc to bounce up and down a little.

Hope yours IS just the balancer, though.

Spdloader


"Jeffrey DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:4605eec3$0$5209$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> In all my years of driving I thought I've had everything break that could,
> but now have a new one.
>
> For the past few weeks I've been hearing a new noise from my engine, and
> I'd pretty much convinced myself that it was the bearing in the AC
> compressor bracket that supports the fan... after all the Jeep DOES have
> something like 330,000 miles on it so weird things are going to break, and
> the fan does have a little wobble to it.
>
> One of the noises is a "tink tink tink" as the fan gently hits the
> harmonic balancer.
>
> After finding the right part (I think) at the local pick a part now I'm
> not so sure that's what the problem is.
>
> Looking at it again tonight it looks like the harmonic balancer is
> wobbling a bit, that can't be good.
>
> Any of you had one of these go bad? What are the symptoms?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jeff DeWitt

Re: Bad harmonic balancer?
 

If your clutch fan has play it's about the eat your radiator.
It is common for the pulley to come lose from the balancer and spin,
replace it: http://members.cox.net/wilsond/hb/
God Bless America, Bill 0|||||||0
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"Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:4605fb90$0$17122$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> Don't rule out the main bearings going bad. This will allow the whole
crank,
> balancer, pulley, and etc to bounce up and down a little.
>
> Hope yours IS just the balancer, though.
>
> Spdloader
>
>
> "Jeffrey DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:4605eec3$0$5209$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> > In all my years of driving I thought I've had everything break that
could,
> > but now have a new one.
> >
> > For the past few weeks I've been hearing a new noise from my engine, and
> > I'd pretty much convinced myself that it was the bearing in the AC
> > compressor bracket that supports the fan... after all the Jeep DOES have
> > something like 330,000 miles on it so weird things are going to break,
and
> > the fan does have a little wobble to it.
> >
> > One of the noises is a "tink tink tink" as the fan gently hits the
> > harmonic balancer.
> >
> > After finding the right part (I think) at the local pick a part now I'm
> > not so sure that's what the problem is.
> >
> > Looking at it again tonight it looks like the harmonic balancer is
> > wobbling a bit, that can't be good.
> >
> > Any of you had one of these go bad? What are the symptoms?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jeff DeWitt
>
>



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Re: Bad harmonic balancer?
 

If your clutch fan has play it's about the eat your radiator.
It is common for the pulley to come lose from the balancer and spin,
replace it: http://members.cox.net/wilsond/hb/
God Bless America, Bill 0|||||||0
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/


"Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:4605fb90$0$17122$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> Don't rule out the main bearings going bad. This will allow the whole
crank,
> balancer, pulley, and etc to bounce up and down a little.
>
> Hope yours IS just the balancer, though.
>
> Spdloader
>
>
> "Jeffrey DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:4605eec3$0$5209$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> > In all my years of driving I thought I've had everything break that
could,
> > but now have a new one.
> >
> > For the past few weeks I've been hearing a new noise from my engine, and
> > I'd pretty much convinced myself that it was the bearing in the AC
> > compressor bracket that supports the fan... after all the Jeep DOES have
> > something like 330,000 miles on it so weird things are going to break,
and
> > the fan does have a little wobble to it.
> >
> > One of the noises is a "tink tink tink" as the fan gently hits the
> > harmonic balancer.
> >
> > After finding the right part (I think) at the local pick a part now I'm
> > not so sure that's what the problem is.
> >
> > Looking at it again tonight it looks like the harmonic balancer is
> > wobbling a bit, that can't be good.
> >
> > Any of you had one of these go bad? What are the symptoms?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jeff DeWitt
>
>



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Re: Bad harmonic balancer?
 

If your clutch fan has play it's about the eat your radiator.
It is common for the pulley to come lose from the balancer and spin,
replace it: http://members.cox.net/wilsond/hb/
God Bless America, Bill 0|||||||0
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/


"Spdloader" <askforit@nospam.triad.rr.com> wrote in message
news:4605fb90$0$17122$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> Don't rule out the main bearings going bad. This will allow the whole
crank,
> balancer, pulley, and etc to bounce up and down a little.
>
> Hope yours IS just the balancer, though.
>
> Spdloader
>
>
> "Jeffrey DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:4605eec3$0$5209$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> > In all my years of driving I thought I've had everything break that
could,
> > but now have a new one.
> >
> > For the past few weeks I've been hearing a new noise from my engine, and
> > I'd pretty much convinced myself that it was the bearing in the AC
> > compressor bracket that supports the fan... after all the Jeep DOES have
> > something like 330,000 miles on it so weird things are going to break,
and
> > the fan does have a little wobble to it.
> >
> > One of the noises is a "tink tink tink" as the fan gently hits the
> > harmonic balancer.
> >
> > After finding the right part (I think) at the local pick a part now I'm
> > not so sure that's what the problem is.
> >
> > Looking at it again tonight it looks like the harmonic balancer is
> > wobbling a bit, that can't be good.
> >
> > Any of you had one of these go bad? What are the symptoms?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jeff DeWitt
>
>



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Re: Bad harmonic balancer?
 

> Any of you had one of these go bad? What are the symptoms?

I had a V8 Chevy balancer separate and cut into the timing chain cover.

Re: Bad harmonic balancer?
 

> Any of you had one of these go bad? What are the symptoms?

I had a V8 Chevy balancer separate and cut into the timing chain cover.

Re: Bad harmonic balancer?
 

> Any of you had one of these go bad? What are the symptoms?

I had a V8 Chevy balancer separate and cut into the timing chain cover.