That is super very interesting, thank you much for posting!

 

Interesting. I've never seen or heard of it being done successfully but obviously it can be.

 

Now that I see it is a press fit I know it can be taken off and put back on right.

Fortunately I can even check it before and after the work with my machinist gauges. I am going to ponder this one for awhile.

 

I'll be very interested to know how it turns out for you so keep on posting....

 

I said I'll ponder over it. lol

I will do some tests, measurements, and whatnot and see if it is plausible to repeat the measurements if I took the balancer off and stuck it back on.

 

I took it apart when we did the 6.0 at my buddies shop,it was no big deal. Go for it!

 

Thankss Josh!!!!


After Seeing that Video I would try it

Cool Cool deal!!!

Thanks for the Feed Back



Looks like it Can Be Done easy now as long as you Mark it and Follow the Reference Hole


Did it Help a lot to remove that??

 

Ya it did,it was in the way so Kenny said screw it take it off....so we did. I took alot of pics so I had help putting it back together,I'm getting to forgetful in my old age.

 

I'm glad I didn't know it could be done. I'd have never found that my crank needed turning. It would save a TON of time and money on a "simple" cam swap though.

 

I was talking with a guy that works at the local Ford dealer, he says the flat rate guys do it all the time

 

Ask Moe or Mike about that.

I've seen a number of posts from them that say to not remove those bolts.

 

Whos Moe and Mike? Di they remove it and stick it back on in the same orientation and still have trouble?

Thinking about it last night I came up with the idea of screwing in a stud in one of the crank holes after removing the bolts. Then sharpie mark on the balancer the hole the stud is in and remove the balancer leaving the stud in the crank for reference. This way at least there is no fumbling and messing up where it is supposed to go. This way I can also check to see if what the guy in the video found is right with the keyway and pin hole being 180 apart.

I think where people may run into trouble is they don't clean the crank face and balancer mating face well before reassembly PLUS not driving the balancer on strait on the crank. With a press fit like that it doesn't take much to catch a edge and take off a little burr which can lift one side of the balancer.

The more I am thinking it over I think I am going to go this route. I will document everything and take lots of pics for you guys.

Pissing around yesterday I found that you can line up the cam and crank pretty easily with a strait edge. Stick a drill bit in the cam index hole and stick a strait edge against the drill bit and alignment pin in the crank balancer and all the holes line up along the edge of the strait edge. I will take a pic of this as well when I get at the cam change.

I'm getting a little excited again! We are going to start a new age of pulling the balancer without fear! lol

Anyone have one of the "out of balance" cranks laying around? I'd like to stick it in the lathe and measure run out and reset it in the correct spot and see what it shows me. I'll send it back in ready to go condition.

 

Cheezit and mchan68

 

 

Wow, so that was the result of whoever rebuilt the motor? Did they ever find out who it was? How in the heck do you charge back for that one?