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Fluid Damper GROUP BUY. thru 13 Dec 12

Forgot to update the post!

Leroy and Ivan went above and beyond on making the dented damper right!

got a new one in the mail a while back.

thanks again you guys, well done!
 
One of mine has a dent too. I wasnt sure what to do and figured it might work still. Any info on how bad the dents have to be to warrent replacement? Were they supposed to come with a spacer or just a longer snout? Mine are the 93 mech pump style balancers.
 
I'm finally getting around to installing the fluid damper I got from Leroy. I've held off because I have to work out in the rain. Well, it's been dry for the past few days and I finished enough of my other projects to decide I would install the fluid damper. Guess what it started doing after I got things part way torn down this afternoon? Nothing heavy, just sprinkles so far. I did put together some odds and ends parts I scrounged up for a 10 X 20 canopy so I do have a makeshift cove now.

I do have a question for anybody that has already had their stock damper off. I'm at the point where I need to remove the bolt from the end of the crank. My question: Is the bolt right hand thread, or left hand? My memory just isn't working. Maybe nobody has commented on this, but I just can't remember. I know, I'm being lazy, but I just don't want to fight that bolt only to discover I'm trying to turn it the wrong way.

I don't have an air wrench so I'll probably see if I can rent one tomorrow morning. I wish I had one, but can't buy one right now.

Don
 
Standard right hand thread,it helps to use something to lock the flywheel ring gear down like a flywheel holder,or alternatively a couple of pulley bolts in the balancer and a long bar that can reach the ground and bind across the bolts to hold the crank still.
Same when installing 200ft/lbs is a lot of torque.
 
Thank you for that info. Much appreciated.

With where the exhaust crossover goes I'm thinking that getting to the flywheel may not be very easy, but I'll check that out tomorrow morning. I'm leaning more towards a couple pulley bolts in the balancer. I have a long crow bar that I think would be ideal there. I will just need to get out there to look over the situation. Probably do that this evening so I can keep myself awake tonight thinking and planning.

I'll also need to look for something to use as a cheater along with my breaker bar. I have a chunk of pipe I've used before, I just need to see if I can remember where I stashed it for future use.

By the way, I've got a brand new memory, it's never been used, as you can tell by my previous comments.

Don
 
I use a standard demo pry bar bolted to the dampener and jammed against the frame cross member in the direction you're going. For torque I use my floor jack handle over a 1/2" breaker bar with the appropriate impact socket. The handle is almost 5' long and can easily apply 250 ft lbs.
 
I just got back from looking the situation over. Early in the morning I'm going to go get me some sacrificial bolts for holding the big crow bar. I like the idea of using the floor jack handle, so I checked mine, and sure enough it does come off the jack real easily.

Thanks everybody for the tips.

I don't know if anybody here still works on the old straight six motors, but I have a trick that makes getting the balancer bolt off them real easy. The area around the balancer on my old Toyota Landcruiser is fairly open. So I set the breaker bar and socket in place on the bolt, laying the end of the handle on the frame. I block the handle real good so it can't slip off the frame and then pull the coil wire. Once i'm real sure everything is set up safely, I crank the starter. All you have to do is barely crank the starter and the balancer bolt is free. No sweat, no busted knuckles, no over worked muscles.

I wish the front of the 6.5 was as clear and open as my FJ40 is.

Don
 
Installing one of these on my van was night and day, so much so, my customer with a 6.5 commented on it and when he drives it, he drools, lol. With crappy mounts, it eliminated all the vibration from my custom exhaust, smoothed it out all over the place and changed the "rattle" sound so it sounded mellower, lol. One of the best non performance mods around. Oh, as a bonus, belt wrap on the v-belts was reduced dramatically.
 
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