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Tibbs-86 · 04-25-2010, 11:23 PM

so i am driving to taco bell on lunch the other day in my 97 Chevy K2500 6.5 Turbo Diesel, and i loose everything, Power steering, power brakes, Tach is reading 0 RPM, battery light is on.
my dumb self says "oh, you are not stalling on me. not here in the suicide lane"
so i rev it just a little. and i hear multiple BANGS. (i read that it is possible to shear the crank on these motors) so i think to myself, "i just destroyed my crank"
call work tell them, i'm going to be late. call a buddy (not going to throw Spike under the bus) but the first buddy doesn't answer, call another buddy. in the end i get towed a little over 3 miles from taco bell to my buddy's place, get the truck in the car port. start pulling everything apart to see if there is any other damage, and HERE IS MY HARMONIC BALANCER sitting in the little gap between my harmonic balancer and my axle.
call work again. tell them the situation they say, "take the rest of the day off, fix the truck"
so i am looking at the crank stub and there is this horrendous gouge, so if any of you have seen my camaro you can probably guess what happened there. new harmonic balancer. new belt, new crank key chuck, J B WELD. new fan clutch, and still looking for a new fan.

THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE CUT BACK FROM WORK I HAVE EVERY HAD, so far approx. $400 just to get half a day at work.

haven't got the truck up and running yet. still have about 2 hrs left on the cure check for the j b weld.

well at least i have another vehicle to drive, my '08 Silverado. its a good thing this didn't happen while my '08 was at the fest and i wasn't.

i am still in awe of, how does the harmonic balancer just FALL OFF. really who does this happen to.

ron10 · 04-25-2010, 11:32 PM

man that sucks.hope it doesn't cost much more to get you up and running.

Tibbs-86 · 04-25-2010, 11:37 PM

me either i was planning go visit family this summer, possibly pulling my 86 camaro

Big Brunsy · 04-26-2010, 08:47 PM

the vehicle guru at work said there is a preventative maintenance check for that. you're supposed to check ur harmonic balancer for tightness every so many miles on them, forget how many tho

Jason L · 04-27-2010, 09:53 AM

A lot of the older GM Crank balancer's sucked, we have had vettes that they are coming apart after 30-40k. Or a cool one is when you are on the dyno and it spins off, makes some interesting footwork to get away from. Have seen a guy going down the track and the Balancer separated and took out all kinds of things under the hood. Sucks man I am sorry.

hypurone · 04-27-2010, 12:21 PM

Ummm, JB weld, seriously? What part are you using it on? I have never seen it hold on anything that has a load on it or is spinning. Just sayin', I would be very leery of it....

Superman09 · 04-27-2010, 07:42 PM

basically the rubber went bad and it broke free, I have seen it many times. We had customer lose one vertical through everything including the hood, it was nasty. What part are you JB welding?

Tibbs-86 · 05-02-2010, 10:11 PM

Well the truck is back up and running like a champ. The JB WELD was used to fill a small gouge on the crank stub. Its not a permenant repair. But it should be ok, since the gouge was mostly cosmetics were it was and the size,
But the main story is the truck is alive again

04-25-2010, 11:23 PM	#1
Tibbs-86 Drives: '08 Silverado 1500 WT Join Date: May 2007 Location: Summerville SC Posts: 18	i know its a diesel but still so i am driving to taco bell on lunch the other day in my 97 Chevy K2500 6.5 Turbo Diesel, and i loose everything, Power steering, power brakes, Tach is reading 0 RPM, battery light is on. my dumb self says "oh, you are not stalling on me. not here in the suicide lane" so i rev it just a little. and i hear multiple BANGS. (i read that it is possible to shear the crank on these motors) so i think to myself, "i just destroyed my crank" call work tell them, i'm going to be late. call a buddy (not going to throw Spike under the bus) but the first buddy doesn't answer, call another buddy. in the end i get towed a little over 3 miles from taco bell to my buddy's place, get the truck in the car port. start pulling everything apart to see if there is any other damage, and HERE IS MY HARMONIC BALANCER sitting in the little gap between my harmonic balancer and my axle. call work again. tell them the situation they say, "take the rest of the day off, fix the truck" so i am looking at the crank stub and there is this horrendous gouge, so if any of you have seen my camaro you can probably guess what happened there. new harmonic balancer. new belt, new crank key chuck, J B WELD. new fan clutch, and still looking for a new fan. THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE CUT BACK FROM WORK I HAVE EVERY HAD, so far approx. $400 just to get half a day at work. haven't got the truck up and running yet. still have about 2 hrs left on the cure check for the j b weld. well at least i have another vehicle to drive, my '08 Silverado. its a good thing this didn't happen while my '08 was at the fest and i wasn't. i am still in awe of, how does the harmonic balancer just FALL OFF. really who does this happen to. __________________ 2008 Silverado 1500 WT 4.3L v6 1986 Camaro LS1 Edlebrock 650cfm CARB, 700R4 3200 stall....more to come 1997 K2500 6.5 turbo diesel, with Silverado package

04-25-2010, 11:37 PM	#3
Tibbs-86 Drives: '08 Silverado 1500 WT Join Date: May 2007 Location: Summerville SC Posts: 18	me either i was planning go visit family this summer, possibly pulling my 86 camaro __________________ 2008 Silverado 1500 WT 4.3L v6 1986 Camaro LS1 Edlebrock 650cfm CARB, 700R4 3200 stall....more to come 1997 K2500 6.5 turbo diesel, with Silverado package

04-27-2010, 12:21 PM	#6
hypurone I'm not totally useless.. Drives: ... Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: ... Posts: 2,008 View My Garage	Ummm, JB weld, seriously? What part are you using it on? I have never seen it hold on anything that has a load on it or is spinning. Just sayin', I would be very leery of it.... __________________ "You were really flyin' when I passed you back there!" - Born on 10/05/09 MyCamaroBuildInfo

05-02-2010, 10:11 PM	#8
Tibbs-86 Drives: '08 Silverado 1500 WT Join Date: May 2007 Location: Summerville SC Posts: 18	Well the truck is back up and running like a champ. The JB WELD was used to fill a small gouge on the crank stub. Its not a permenant repair. But it should be ok, since the gouge was mostly cosmetics were it was and the size, But the main story is the truck is alive again __________________ 2008 Silverado 1500 WT 4.3L v6 1986 Camaro LS1 Edlebrock 650cfm CARB, 700R4 3200 stall....more to come 1997 K2500 6.5 turbo diesel, with Silverado package

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ron10 Drives: 2010 2SS IOM L99 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: LOUISVILLE,KY.. Posts: 7,545	man that sucks.hope it doesn't cost much more to get you up and running.

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04-27-2010, 09:53 AM	#5
Jason L Drives: 2004 Pontiac GTO Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Tempe AZ Posts: 65	A lot of the older GM Crank balancer's sucked, we have had vettes that they are coming apart after 30-40k. Or a cool one is when you are on the dyno and it spins off, makes some interesting footwork to get away from. Have seen a guy going down the track and the Balancer separated and took out all kinds of things under the hood. Sucks man I am sorry.

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Superman09 Account SNAFU Drives: 13 Tahoe 79 Scout II 15 1LE Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: College Station, TX Posts: 1,356 View My Garage	basically the rubber went bad and it broke free, I have seen it many times. We had customer lose one vertical through everything including the hood, it was nasty. What part are you JB welding?