seating a Fluiddamper balancer

[mauve66]

besides the damper getting hard to tighten, is there a measurement from the front of the crank or the timing cover to ensure the damper is on all of the way. The old one has been off forever and I don't remember how close it was, the manuel doesn't say and the instructions say 150 ft lbs but the pulley is way off. The instructions say there might be problems for Pontiacs and Fords but not Mopars.........

'66, 383, forged crank

GET REAL, GET MOPAR or GO HOME
little boys wear bowties, flat heads are for nerds

[mauve66]

ok ok, I thought I'd go ahead and put the bolt/washer in and torque wrench on it to see how close the installation tool got it....... well it wasn't even close so I proceeded to crank it down rather easily ( don't know what was wrong with the install tool) and got the 150 ft/lbs at a hairsbreath from the oil pan, ok a couple of hairs, and guess what.............................................. ........
ALL OF THE PULLEYS LINED UP, am I a genius or what...................

[Lee Pritchard]

you think it was fun putting it on!! just wait till you have to take it off!!!!!!!!!!

[mauve66]

I took the old one off with a puller fairly easy what could be the problem later?......

[Lee Pritchard]

make sure you put antisize on it......The last one i took off after a few years of racing we had to torch it off to save the crank..Lee..