A little backstory, I had just completed a bunch of maintenance right before taking this trip, including installing a new harmonic balancer (both pieces).
I was having a hard time holding the balancer while torquing it, so I ran it on with my smallest 1/2 impact, which is rated around 180 ft lbs.
I'm currently outside of Payson AZ, 12 hours from home (Denver). With the help of some awesome locals that I ran into (thanks Kyle!), I was able to get the balancer off and find that it is cracked, and the nose of the crank is damaged. The keyway is in bad shape.
I assume that the balancer cracked when I impacted it on, which means the key was the only thing stoping it from spinning. Eventually the key got chewed up and the balancer started wobbling around.
I figure I'm going to have to replace my crankshaft, but I'm wondering about the missing pieces of the crankshaft, balancer and key. They must have gone into the timing gear cover.
I suppose there is potential damage to those gears, and depending on how the oil flows through that cover, those parts could be anywhere on my engine, right?
What would y'all recommend for when I get this thing back into my garage? How far of a teardown should I do?
I was having a hard time holding the balancer while torquing it, so I ran it on with my smallest 1/2 impact, which is rated around 180 ft lbs.
I'm currently outside of Payson AZ, 12 hours from home (Denver). With the help of some awesome locals that I ran into (thanks Kyle!), I was able to get the balancer off and find that it is cracked, and the nose of the crank is damaged. The keyway is in bad shape.
I assume that the balancer cracked when I impacted it on, which means the key was the only thing stoping it from spinning. Eventually the key got chewed up and the balancer started wobbling around.
I figure I'm going to have to replace my crankshaft, but I'm wondering about the missing pieces of the crankshaft, balancer and key. They must have gone into the timing gear cover.
I suppose there is potential damage to those gears, and depending on how the oil flows through that cover, those parts could be anywhere on my engine, right?
What would y'all recommend for when I get this thing back into my garage? How far of a teardown should I do?