btsayles
Diesel Proficient
Allrighty guys and gals. I figured I'd try my hand at installing the new fluidamper this weekend. Nothing apparently wrong with either but I'm high strung and worry about everything. I must have researched the installation from three or four different locations, but one never really gets the idea until they have gone there on their own. Without some of the information out there that you guys have done before, I would have been scratching my head a lot more than I ended up. Since I couldn't find a post with really clear and detailed descriptions, I figured I would maybe help someone out in the future like you guys have helped me with almost everything I've done with my baby. So here's a big thank you to you guys and your neverending wisdom that you so kindly share with guys like me! THANK YOU!
Pic 1 Here's the start. Fan shrouds removed, fan removed belt off. Here's the stock harmonic balancer and pulley. Nothing really wrong. Pulley's a little f'd up. Kind of a torqueing look to it huh? Scrap bin that b.
Pic 2,3,4 Here I have removed the four bolts securing the pulley to the balancer. A little bumping the ratchet with the palm of the hand, but not too bad to get the bolts loose. All I could see were some superficial cracking in the rubber on the pulley. I never had any clanking on shutdown or any other time for that fact, but as you can see the cross is off from the bolt holes.
Thanks to Matt Banchand's post with the flat-bar, I didn't stick anything in the wherever someone else posted to stick it and break the torque on the HB bolt. Mighty tight I might say. I just threaded two bolts into the old pulley bolt holes and put the handle of the pry-bar down in between the steering box crotch. Holds the bar perfectly for tightening and loosening. Threw an extension on the breaker bar and it came off smooth as silk. Might need another pry-bar to turn back the crank a tad bit to relieve the tension holding the pry-bar down. Thanks again Matt!
Here is my puller kit. If I didn't have this I would have gone to advance. I checked every store in town AZ,O'crappy,Advance,Napa. Best tool rental by far is Advance. If you are doing this job, rent the HB removal and installation tool from there. Install the conical tip into the jack-shaft of the jacking screw, thread the jack screw into the puller plate, thread the two bolts in the HB through the tool loosely, thread the jack screw in until the conical tip finds center, of the crank, lightly tighten bolts into HB and turn the jackshaft. Should come off very easy. At least mine did. Very little noticable defects in the stock HB. If I didn't love my truck so much I'd have put it back on.
Here's the new toy! Hopefully this is the last time I have to look at it. Sorry but this is the max pics I can insert in any one thread. I'll be back to finnish the inst. in a few min.
Pic 1 Here's the start. Fan shrouds removed, fan removed belt off. Here's the stock harmonic balancer and pulley. Nothing really wrong. Pulley's a little f'd up. Kind of a torqueing look to it huh? Scrap bin that b.
Pic 2,3,4 Here I have removed the four bolts securing the pulley to the balancer. A little bumping the ratchet with the palm of the hand, but not too bad to get the bolts loose. All I could see were some superficial cracking in the rubber on the pulley. I never had any clanking on shutdown or any other time for that fact, but as you can see the cross is off from the bolt holes.
Thanks to Matt Banchand's post with the flat-bar, I didn't stick anything in the wherever someone else posted to stick it and break the torque on the HB bolt. Mighty tight I might say. I just threaded two bolts into the old pulley bolt holes and put the handle of the pry-bar down in between the steering box crotch. Holds the bar perfectly for tightening and loosening. Threw an extension on the breaker bar and it came off smooth as silk. Might need another pry-bar to turn back the crank a tad bit to relieve the tension holding the pry-bar down. Thanks again Matt!
Here is my puller kit. If I didn't have this I would have gone to advance. I checked every store in town AZ,O'crappy,Advance,Napa. Best tool rental by far is Advance. If you are doing this job, rent the HB removal and installation tool from there. Install the conical tip into the jack-shaft of the jacking screw, thread the jack screw into the puller plate, thread the two bolts in the HB through the tool loosely, thread the jack screw in until the conical tip finds center, of the crank, lightly tighten bolts into HB and turn the jackshaft. Should come off very easy. At least mine did. Very little noticable defects in the stock HB. If I didn't love my truck so much I'd have put it back on.
Here's the new toy! Hopefully this is the last time I have to look at it. Sorry but this is the max pics I can insert in any one thread. I'll be back to finnish the inst. in a few min.
