what I got out of this video is a tremendous gratitude that I am retired and can afford to hire this job out. It was also greatly appreciated to share a bit in the wonderment and joy of youth, then I got back to the sincere gratitude that I won't have to deal with this undercarriage stuff when my time comes, because I am too old for such a struggle to gain much satisfaction from a job well done. I would probably just have memories of a contest that must be seen to the end, no matter how I really felt about it , and body pain the next day. Until I started getting exposed to modern american cars, I had never seen an automobile belt pulley that wasn't pinned, and I was impressed at the demonstration of ability from a non professional to do the work in a home garage. I also gained the knowledge about also doing the while I am in there stuff, some service managers aren't real forthcoming with that kind of information, preferring that you find out later when you need another repair, what a knowledgeable person would have done.
Excellent vid. I genuinely appreciate it when the really hard parts are not left out. Plus I struggle doing any work on my C5Z so it makes me happy when other people do as well. Bc it’s total BS when you watch videos and nothing goes wrong. Torn knuckle, stripped bolt, next to impossible to get to bolt, etc is real life!
This was one of the funniest install videos I’ve ever seen!!! Don’t even know why I clicked on it but I think I’m gonna end up watching all your videos because this was hilarious 😂
Can so relate to the frustration. the power steering supply and return lines looked like the worst part. And then the battery at the end lol. Also your kid is adorable poking at you.
Outstanding! As someone who has removed an oil pan by digging a trench under the car (not my C5) for access I fully sympathize with your real world experiences. Also, your helper is hilarious.
Thanks for sharing. I've been contemplating changing my own harmonic balancer. At least now I know what I'll be up against. Thanks for keeping it real!
Fun fact for anyone looking to do this. You don't have to lower the subframe at all to get the power steering rack out like most people think. Just pull the rack about half to 3/4 the way to the passenger side. Then lift the driver side of the rack. You can pull it out the top of the car significantly easier. No moving of anything besides the rack.
Just torqued down the ARP bolt today and it wasn't too bad. Granted I did take out the radiator and fans because I installed a upgraded cam, but you can stand up just barely if you aren't too big and pull sideways with the torque wrench and it wasn't bad. Pulling it from below I could understand the jack coming into play lol. Thanks again for the laughs.
I have a C4 so this horror is not applicable to me, but thank you for sharing. It was very entertaining. Especially the "that's just you cryin' about it" part. I could relate to all your frustrating moments in this video. Hang in there!
Very impressive! I have been wrenchin my whole life but still haven't decided to do my crank pulley yet. Worked on a lot of cars and bikes, but the vette just seems like its own beast.
Great vid....i learned 2 things....1) every dollar spent on my hoist was worth it...I thought my balancer swap was tough, and 2) I'm way too scared to pin my crank! Well done!
Very helpful video watched it a couple times to get an idea what to do for replacing my front main seal. Love the edits also I laughed many times throughout the video!
I’m glad you have time and know how to do this! I had a shop this week let me buy my own parts and they charged me $450 for all inc installing 2 tie rod ends and replacing the ac belt along with all the other normal stuff. (Balancer, oil crank seal and harmonic belt. I’d rather pay the $450 but great job doing yourself. 😮
You just kept pushing through. Great effort. Been a great time for cam but you like it . That's all that matters in the end. Great job. Careful around the boy. 😂 They here everything.
Great video, like the wheels and the jazz music at the end. I'm thinking of getting a C5. One that I'm looking at has an oil leak, probably the crank seal. :-(
It’s all about just getting in there and taking it one bolt at a time. Believe me, it took me a while before I built the gall to put it on jack stands! Make it happen captain!!
I get it. It took the corvette spitting off multiple belts and a bad oil leak before I got the balls to get it up in the air and start. You can do it. Slow and steady.
Love your video, especially comments from junior ! Watched about 20 or so clips on this issue before tackling my own (C6 ) Not one person, including you , ever mentioned a thin shim/ seal type gismo I found at the back of the stock balancer . ( It actually sits further in on the crank than the crank main seal. It does show in the parts dept. schematic . My question being , do I need this part on an aftermarket balancer ? Anybody ?
Thanks for the comment Yesh. Unfortunately for all of us I’m an idiot. So the fact I’m unfamiliar with this sensor isn’t surprising. I hope someone who knows sees your comment. Lol 🤷♂️😂👨🏻
@@mediocrecarguy4979 Thanx 4 the reply. It is not a sensor , just a thin shim with a circumference rubber seal . I found a very interesting use for this shim when using a keyed balancer. This shim seems to eliminate putting ATV in the slot for the key , because that shim covers the Keyway perfectly and certainly avoids messing around with ATV sealer.. Have a good one . From north of the 49th.
I Bought the car like this. It looks like the axle back is a lg performance setup, with a crossover pipe added with 2 more tips lol. It’s strange but has grown on me.
Never use impact gun on cradle bolts it can strip the nuts in subframe then you opened up a can of worms. Regardless you did a great job doing this yourself from the garage 👍
@@farerse gotcha, I think that by the time I synched the pulley down in place the pulley had cooled a bunch. But… thinking hasn’t worked great for me in the past so…🤷♂️
My HB bolt loosened up too and oil got everywhere and knocked my AC belt off. Probably from the front seal right? And nothing bad could have happened to engine?
I’m about the farthest thing from an expert, but I’d guess the bolt came loose, allowing the pulley to walk forward a small bit, misaligning the belt and chucking it. Oil seal could be a victim of all this shit. Mine was. If you caught it quick I’d imagine the engine would be fine. Seems like heavy damage to the crank snout is most common injury. Hope this helps.
Honestly I chose to go with a stock balancer because it was easy to get and affordable. There’s definitely some nicer more sturdier pieces out there but I figured this is enough for my goals. Good luck!
@@mediocrecarguy4979 I think that the dependable service record of this part in so many applications proves the worth, with some corvettes never needing a replacement for the life of the engine , has the stock balancer severely under rated by gossip on the internet, where the OEM part is considered hopeless junk and everyone needs a five hundred dollar pulley. Obviously if you continuously use the car outside of the anticipated design window, the stock part will throw objections, but on the internet it is easier to blame the part than think it out why the old part failed. Of course, If you are spending for the big labor to remove and install this part, a better than stock part starts to make more sense.
I got the car as high as I felt was safe… then a touch higher than that lol. I was plenty high enough to do the job but it makes me pretty jealous of guys with lifts.
I know this is old video but do you remember what pin kit you bought? Did you buy the cheaper kit on ebay or the $100 kit? Wish you lived in Indianapolis would pay you to do this for me.
What a Nice video on harmonic balancer thanks !! The better one i saw ! I subscribe to your channel i Do Corvette stuff too on m'y channel! im french Canadian so m'y english sucks ITs for fun so i dont care but people Can imagine all the work beside this kind of quality diy video !! I Will keep an eye on your channel m'y friend !
Here's what I got out of it: NO THANKS. I was considering doing this job myself but uhhh nah man. Not without a lift anyways, all the other videos i've seen with a lift make it seem not so bad. Worth it to spend $900 and have a shop handle it. My back is going to thank me.
Yeah, it would have been sweet just to pick up the keys from a shop and I’m not against that. I figured it was a common enough issue, I’d try to figure it out.
I know, this one only had about 10 miles on it though. Even then, I should have just sprung for a better aftermarket piece. They don’t call me the mediocrecarguy for nothin lol
Great video Brother. Very informative. Im glad that your boss was there to make sure the job was done right. He deserves a raise after that job.
what I got out of this video is a tremendous gratitude that I am retired and can afford to hire this job out. It was also greatly appreciated to share a bit in the wonderment and joy of youth, then I got back to the sincere gratitude that I won't have to deal with this undercarriage stuff when my time comes, because I am too old for such a struggle to gain much satisfaction from a job well done. I would probably just have memories of a contest that must be seen to the end, no matter how I really felt about it , and body pain the next day.
Until I started getting exposed to modern american cars, I had never seen an automobile belt pulley that wasn't pinned, and I was impressed at the demonstration of ability from a non professional to do the work in a home garage. I also gained the knowledge about also doing the while I am in there stuff, some service managers aren't real forthcoming with that kind of information, preferring that you find out later when you need another repair, what a knowledgeable person would have done.
Excellent vid. I genuinely appreciate it when the really hard parts are not left out. Plus I struggle doing any work on my C5Z so it makes me happy when other people do as well. Bc it’s total BS when you watch videos and nothing goes wrong. Torn knuckle, stripped bolt, next to impossible to get to bolt, etc is real life!
I agree! Frankly it’s kind of embarrassing how much I struggle with this stuff, but I think it’s more common than not.
This was one of the funniest install videos I’ve ever seen!!! Don’t even know why I clicked on it but I think I’m gonna end up watching all your videos because this was hilarious 😂
Thanks for checking it out man! They’re all kind of $hit shows man. That’s just how I roll lol.
Can so relate to the frustration. the power steering supply and return lines looked like the worst part. And then the battery at the end lol. Also your kid is adorable poking at you.
Outstanding! As someone who has removed an oil pan by digging a trench under the car (not my C5) for access I fully sympathize with your real world experiences. Also, your helper is hilarious.
Good help is hard to find these days. Might as well make this guy earn his keep. Haha
Thanks for sharing. I've been contemplating changing my own harmonic balancer. At least now I know what I'll be up against. Thanks for keeping it real!
great video love your sons commentary
Fun fact for anyone looking to do this. You don't have to lower the subframe at all to get the power steering rack out like most people think. Just pull the rack about half to 3/4 the way to the passenger side. Then lift the driver side of the rack. You can pull it out the top of the car significantly easier. No moving of anything besides the rack.
im sholl like wth
I probably should have just pulled it enough to get to the pulley. But imma “learn things the hard way” type fellah. 😅
Just torqued down the ARP bolt today and it wasn't too bad. Granted I did take out the radiator and fans because I installed a upgraded cam, but you can stand up just barely if you aren't too big and pull sideways with the torque wrench and it wasn't bad. Pulling it from below I could understand the jack coming into play lol. Thanks again for the laughs.
How’s the car with the new cam? I think that may be something in the future for me as well.
I have a C4 so this horror is not applicable to me, but thank you for sharing. It was very entertaining. Especially the "that's just you cryin' about it" part. I could relate to all your frustrating moments in this video. Hang in there!
Love seeing your son in there with you. Keep at it man
Its alot of fun messing around with em in the garage. memories.
Very impressive! I have been wrenchin my whole life but still haven't decided to do my crank pulley yet. Worked on a lot of cars and bikes, but the vette just seems like its own beast.
With that sort of past, I’m sure you’d surprise yourself. But yeah, coming from the Miata world, these vettes are their own animals.
Watching you struggle made me feel better lol. Now my experience doesn't seem so bad.
Lol. That’s everything for me man.
Man I got a few great laughs out of this video. I felt your pain more than once!
It was for sure above my pay grade lol, but it had to get done.
Great vid....i learned 2 things....1) every dollar spent on my hoist was worth it...I thought my balancer swap was tough, and 2) I'm way too scared to pin my crank! Well done!
I was petrified… like… a lot. Lol
me too that mf just going back on 😂😂😂
Very helpful video watched it a couple times to get an idea what to do for replacing my front main seal. Love the edits also I laughed many times throughout the video!
Thanks Andrew! I’m glad it helped.
I’m glad you have time and know how to do this! I had a shop this week let me buy my own parts and they charged me $450 for all inc installing 2 tie rod ends and replacing the ac belt along with all the other normal stuff. (Balancer, oil crank seal and harmonic belt. I’d rather pay the $450 but great job doing yourself. 😮
lol I would also rather have paid $450
Love the electrical tape (???) to set the seal! Gonna give that a try with with a hockey puck before buying a seal installation kit
Wish more install videos were like this. If you keep at it building the channel, it will be big.
I appreciate that Matt, thanks for checking it out.
You just kept pushing through. Great effort. Been a great time for cam but you like it . That's all that matters in the end. Great job. Careful around the boy. 😂 They here everything.
Thanks!! Yeah I’m a weekend warrior at best. And yes there’s been plenty of times where I’ve had to insert foot in mouth around that boy lol.
I did all this when I did a heads cam and didnt bother to change the oil pan gaskets, I should have..... :/
Good work bud.
I also need to replace my HB. i know that i'm not doing it. That's a big job. Great video
Thanks Stanley, I didn’t want to do it, that’s for sure. But I figured hell why not. Glad you enjoyed it.
thank you for posting the video. I guess I will get a ratcheting flare nut wrench or 2 from snap on.
Great video, like the wheels and the jazz music at the end. I'm thinking of getting a C5. One that I'm looking at has an oil leak, probably the crank seal. :-(
I'm about to do this and I'm terrified 😆😆😆 good seeing someone else struggle with it like I probably will
It’s all about just getting in there and taking it one bolt at a time. Believe me, it took me a while before I built the gall to put it on jack stands! Make it happen captain!!
Besides getting to watch you bust your knuckles, I got to hear your 5 year old kid say you were whining. 😆 🤣
He keeps it real. 😂
@@mediocrecarguy4979 hahahahahahahahahaha....
Nice job,enjoyed it. I know the frustration,thanks for the video.
Well done.
Damn. I hear a squeak and have thrown the belt once but am scared as hell to do this on jack stands.
I get it. It took the corvette spitting off multiple belts and a bad oil leak before I got the balls to get it up in the air and start. You can do it. Slow and steady.
Love your video, especially comments from junior !
Watched about 20 or so clips on this issue before tackling my own (C6 )
Not one person, including you , ever mentioned a thin shim/ seal type gismo I found at the back of the stock balancer . ( It actually sits further in on the crank than the crank main seal.
It does show in the parts dept. schematic .
My question being , do I need this part on an aftermarket balancer ?
Anybody ?
Thanks for the comment Yesh. Unfortunately for all of us I’m an idiot. So the fact I’m unfamiliar with this sensor isn’t surprising. I hope someone who knows sees your comment. Lol 🤷♂️😂👨🏻
@@mediocrecarguy4979 Thanx 4 the reply.
It is not a sensor , just a thin shim with a circumference rubber seal .
I found a very interesting use for this shim when using a keyed balancer.
This shim seems to eliminate putting ATV in the slot for the key , because that shim covers the Keyway perfectly and certainly avoids messing around with ATV sealer..
Have a good one .
From north of the 49th.
Wait how did you fix the subframe bolt that started spinning
It’s strange, I looked up what is pinning a camshaft and don’t find anything on the Internet about it
I pinned the crank shaft.
How do you get six tail pipes it’s awesome my C5 Z06 only have 4 tailpipes I’m looking for something like that for my Z06 it’s cool thanks
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Bought the car like this. It looks like the axle back is a lg performance setup, with a crossover pipe added with 2 more tips lol. It’s strange but has grown on me.
Never use impact gun on cradle bolts it can strip the nuts in subframe then you opened up a can of worms. Regardless you did a great job doing this yourself from the garage 👍
Thanks for checking out the video. Great advise on the impact. I knew there was probably 20 things I did that were probably less than recommended 😂.
Hi..do you knew what the bolts size for the small pulleys .like to replace them with ARP bolts
I don’t sorry, i hardly know my way around my garage.
Great video, I see this in my life soon!
You got this!!
Epic!
nice work, I guess the heating could melt the rubber in the harmonic balancer if doing it for too long
You might right. I had been wondering why I kept blowing through crank seals. It was probably because the pulley kept spinning on the snout.
@@mediocrecarguy4979 actually I was thinking about the torch heating the new part to make it go on easier , probably not a biggie
the new harmonic balancer have rubber in it I assume
@@farerse gotcha, I think that by the time I synched the pulley down in place the pulley had cooled a bunch. But… thinking hasn’t worked great for me in the past so…🤷♂️
@@mediocrecarguy4979 me too , I learn especially from the biggest mistakes lol
My HB bolt loosened up too and oil got everywhere and knocked my AC belt off. Probably from the front seal right? And nothing bad could have happened to engine?
I’m about the farthest thing from an expert, but I’d guess the bolt came loose, allowing the pulley to walk forward a small bit, misaligning the belt and chucking it. Oil seal could be a victim of all this shit. Mine was.
If you caught it quick I’d imagine the engine would be fine. Seems like heavy damage to the crank snout is most common injury. Hope this helps.
What was your reason for selecting the harmonic balancer that you did? I need to do mine.
Honestly I chose to go with a stock balancer because it was easy to get and affordable. There’s definitely some nicer more sturdier pieces out there but I figured this is enough for my goals. Good luck!
@@mediocrecarguy4979 I think that the dependable service record of this part in so many applications proves the worth, with some corvettes never needing a replacement for the life of the engine , has the stock balancer severely under rated by gossip on the internet, where the OEM part is considered hopeless junk and everyone needs a five hundred dollar pulley. Obviously if you continuously use the car outside of the anticipated design window, the stock part will throw objections, but on the internet it is easier to blame the part than think it out why the old part failed.
Of course, If you are spending for the big labor to remove and install this part, a better than stock part starts to make more sense.
not the torque tube, leaf spring
I could not tell but how high did you have the car jacked up? It sure didn't look that high. Just asking in case ever get brave enough to do this.
I got the car as high as I felt was safe… then a touch higher than that lol. I was plenty high enough to do the job but it makes me pretty jealous of guys with lifts.
I know this is old video but do you remember what pin kit you bought? Did you buy the cheaper kit on ebay or the $100 kit? Wish you lived in Indianapolis would pay you to do this for me.
sorry for the late response, i ordered it from amazon. was like $35.
I feel your pain right about now.
Great vid!!
Thanks for checking it out man!
You should have pinned the steering wheel so it wouldn't move and break the clock spring.
you didnt have to pull the rack i got my05 done the dropped cradle way took about 2 hours
What a Nice video on harmonic balancer thanks !! The better one i saw ! I subscribe to your channel i Do Corvette stuff too on m'y channel! im french Canadian so m'y english sucks ITs for fun so i dont care but people Can imagine all the work beside this kind of quality diy video !! I Will keep an eye on your channel m'y friend !
That’s awesome! Im glad you enjoyed it.
good vid 👍
I appreciate that. For real.
Here's what I got out of it: NO THANKS. I was considering doing this job myself but uhhh nah man. Not without a lift anyways, all the other videos i've seen with a lift make it seem not so bad. Worth it to spend $900 and have a shop handle it. My back is going to thank me.
Yeah, it would have been sweet just to pick up the keys from a shop and I’m not against that. I figured it was a common enough issue, I’d try to figure it out.
I got to do this to my vette also
you ever end up getting it done?
@@mediocrecarguy4979 nope sold the car
@kkbodyshop shit.. me too 🥹
U really didn’t have to take off the 1/4 lines off the stearing rack
Don’t say that… I’ll cry. 😆
Hilarious man
When I saw you re-install the OEM damper I cringed.
I know, this one only had about 10 miles on it though. Even then, I should have just sprung for a better aftermarket piece. They don’t call me the mediocrecarguy for nothin lol
@@mediocrecarguy4979 lol, right on
Yeah, a job for a much younger me ¿`_
Same, spending that much time under this thing isn’t great. ☠️
I'll stick with my 73, much easier to work on.
I don’t blame you 😂
Excellent work, definition of will power.
It took me a while to get balls to try it for sure.
Where did you get that jig ??
Amazon actually. If I remember right it’s a universal pinning kit for LS’s.
@@mediocrecarguy4979 thank you man
Hi..do you knew what the bolts size for the small pulleys .like to replace them with ARP bolts
Like thread pitch and length? Shucks, it took me 4 try’s to just find the right socket.