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Jul 27, 2016 | 07:30 PM

pweng1

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I made a dumb mistake

Ok I did the stupid thing I know better than but I used the 3 jaw puller on a ford harmonic balancer. Ruined the outside pulled it right off. Now I have these questions. What determines which balancer. Can I use a crank and balancer from another same bore and does anyone rebound them or fix them.

Jul 27, 2016 | 07:48 PM

Tedster9

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There are the "Damper Dudes" and the "Damper Doctors" both have online presence and rebuild or core exchange afaik.

This would be the way to go, the damper was lunched anyway after all this time, the rubber bonding is no good.

Jul 27, 2016 | 10:50 PM

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Just need the proper balancer for your engine they are not specific to a particular engine

Jul 28, 2016 | 12:21 PM

bjmayberry2

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Ebear,
Can you elaborate?

Jul 28, 2016 | 12:52 PM

EBEAR

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Don't know what engine you have but for instance my 351 w is a 28 oz imbalance so the flexplate and balancer must also be 28 oz but you can take a balancer off of any 28 oz balanced engine they are not balanced to your specific engine . So you need to find what imbalance your engine has and find a matching balancer . This is for factory balances if you have a internally balanced or custom balanced then you will need the build info . I Hope this helps

Jul 28, 2016 | 01:44 PM

bjmayberry2

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Got ya. I thought you were talking Y-Blocks. As far as I know all vibration dampers for Y Blocks fit but there may be a difference between car & trucks.

Jul 28, 2016 | 06:02 PM

pweng1

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This is for a 1979 ford 302 I have numbers on the balancer. What I thought was if you had like a 223 crank then your balancer went with that crank. Stroke and counter balance size being factors.