# Changing harmonic balancer 3.8

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/changing-harmonic-balancer-3-8/82093>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [November 5, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/changing-harmonic-balancer-3-8/82093 "2013-11-05T17:35:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![deadinhead\_177452](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deadinhead\_177452](https://community.cartalk.com/u/deadinhead_177452)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/changing-harmonic-balancer-3-8/82093/21 "2021-09-28T21:43:32Z")

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install . put harmonic on has a pin hole for alignment. moment its put on into place it will start to seat into position. Ie only proper goes on 1 way moment it pops on ie spin till it goes in and stops moving. put bolt in and tighten bolt.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/changing-harmonic-balancer-3-8/82093/22 "2021-09-28T23:21:07Z")

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Welcome to the forum.

FYI This is an 8 year old post. You can see that from the date in the upper left… Nov '13 was the last post.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/changing-harmonic-balancer-3-8/82093/23 "2021-09-28T23:28:11Z")

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Since the issue of removing the crankshaft bolt has been revived, I’ve wondered if the car has a manual transmission, it seems like all you’d need to do is put the transmission in gear, apply the brakes, block the wheels, and ratchet/socket the bolt off. Does that method work?

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/changing-harmonic-balancer-3-8/82093/24 "2021-09-28T23:30:40Z")

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Yes, it would work.

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/changing-harmonic-balancer-3-8/82093/25 "2021-09-28T23:37:03Z")

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Well I thought 8 years ago the bolt was snapped? So now bolt head. Thinking of the hard time I had loosening that bolt with the timing chain not intact, don’t think an EZ out is going to do the job. Maybe weld a new nut on if possible.

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**Author:** ![JoeMario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JoeMario](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeMario)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 11:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/changing-harmonic-balancer-3-8/82093/26 "2021-09-30T11:29:46Z")

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> [@deadinhead\_177452](#):
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> Irony the easiest way to remove a stubborn crank bolt/ HARMONIC BALANCER BOLT.  
> This can be done on pretty much any buick.

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