REDRED

Hi all. I'm looking for references for a shop to replace my harmoinic balancer. I live in the Philly suburbs. I can always go to the dealer as last resort.

Cheers!
Joe

cb98coupe

The dealer should be able to do it for around $900 . I would just go there and get it over with . Good luck .

Corvette ED

County Corvette in West Chester they can handle it for you.

carsangelop

speedraider

Just drive over to ECS and be done with it. Have a good balancer put on too. Your only an hour away

Black05

County Corvette does all things Corvette,

AORoads

either them, or Phoenix Performance in Phoenixville.

Rich Mickol

They know their stuff.

Gene Culley

We would certainly be happy to do it for you. We have done several including my own recently!

Frans96ss

Give us a call. We can get it taken care of for you.

beepster

I was hoping that someone would ask, but since they have not...I will: What is a harmonic balancer??

0HorsePowerAddicts

We are not to far from you. Give us a call and we can get everything taken care of. If you get the car to us at 9am then we can have the balancer replaced by lunchtime.

Josh Hicks
(302)838-2188
horsepoweraddicts@gmail.com

GASCAR

How do you know you need it? My lower belt was squeaking, I had the belt replaced, all was good for a few weeks and now it is squeaking again. It only squeaks for about 10 minutes and then it goes away.

speedraider

they start to wobble

Dave S

The harmonic balancer (or HB) is the large pulley on the nose of the crankshaft at the front of the engine. The HB drives the serpentine belt around the other accessory pulleys. Corvettes (& other GM models) have had reliability problems with this part for many years & it's frustrating for all of us that GM hasn't come up with a better design. In one instance, since GM uses a bolt & friction fit rather than a keyed connection in the nose of the crank, the pulley can work loose & wobble on the shaft. In the second case, the pulley is a 2-part design (inner/outer sleeves) which may start to separate & also wobble. The symptom is a squealing noise from the belt. Unfortunately, repair is expensive since several sub-assemblies have to be removed in order to get to the HB. Hope this explanation helps you....

beepster

Thanx Dave for a clear and well written explanation. Hate to appear ignorant but am on my 3rd vette and never heard of this problem...good reason for this forum!