///Matt
Well-Known Member
So my vibration damper was not fully seated by the last guy to mess with it. I need to get it fully seated.
Randy at Bouchillon told me “remove the damper and the reinstall it” (more or less.) but I thought “man, I’ll just snug it down with an install tool and I’ll be good.
But no. I broke the tool (apparently my sweet guns plus a 12” long wrench found the tensile strength of an autoZoo damper install tool).
So of course, Randy was right, and I’m going to remove it first, check the crank at damper mating surfaces, apply some anti-seize, and reinstall.
Do you think I should just go ahead and do a new set of timing cover seals (and of course WP Housing in the process) while I’m in there, or should I be ok not to replace the crank seal?
76+ 440, cast crank.
Randy at Bouchillon told me “remove the damper and the reinstall it” (more or less.) but I thought “man, I’ll just snug it down with an install tool and I’ll be good.
But no. I broke the tool (apparently my sweet guns plus a 12” long wrench found the tensile strength of an autoZoo damper install tool).
So of course, Randy was right, and I’m going to remove it first, check the crank at damper mating surfaces, apply some anti-seize, and reinstall.
Do you think I should just go ahead and do a new set of timing cover seals (and of course WP Housing in the process) while I’m in there, or should I be ok not to replace the crank seal?
76+ 440, cast crank.