harmonic balancer broke

Need to provide more explination so we can understand...or a pic
if the HB actually broke off, then there is a couple of possible solutions...


1. weld a piece of steel onto the end of the shaft and then attach the puller to that.


2. Remove the front cover which will give you complete access.

I'm a tad confused as well...the bolt came out completely and the balancer stayed in the engine? If so, that is completely normal and a pulley puller, as Steve mentioned, is needed to get the balancer out...

Or did the bolt break leaving part of the bolt in the crankshaft? If so, that sucks...you will need to tap the bolt and get it out...sounds like a headache to me.

His balancer broke in half. The piece that slides over the crankshaft separated from the rest of the unit and is stuck on the crankshaft. The part of the balancer where you would thread bolts into to pull it off the crankshaft is broken off the other half of his harmonic balancer.

This post should have been posted in the v6 section as he stated that he has a v6 engine in first post, this is for modular engines.

Yeah, you're in a pickle....anyway yo can get a wedge and hammerr the wedge between the broken pulley and the timing cover...using delicate hands? Would take a awhile and a lot of finnese....


All this is assuming I'm picturing it correctly, which I very well could not be. Otherwise, it sounds like the engine is coming out and/or a shop is going to get involved.