Harmonic Balancer woes. Z28

[Mike]

Was sitting at a drivethru and at idle, engine starting vibrating and making a noise, wasnt sure what it was. Check gauges light came on and alternator wasnt charging. Drove 2 minutes home and at low speeds I would lose power steering also.

After closer inspection, it appears as my harmonic balancer failed, and separated. Anyone know what would cause this ? Or is it just a random parts failure that happens after 90,000 miles?

Video to see how loose it is.

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Is this something I should just pull and replace?

[Ktmracer419]

pull and replace

they randomly go sometimes, on jeeps they either fall off or grind into the timing cover

never did one one on that motor. looks like it may be flanged which makes life easier

[Magilla]

its stupid simple to replace unbolt and bolt back on

[XJLI]

its stupid simple to replace unbolt and bolt back on

yup, you got an easy one dude

[JeepJuggalo]

Not the first one i've seen do that buddy, pull the 3 bolts get yoself a cheap puller for like 20 bucks and pull it using th eother 3 holes (the little ones) and put a new one on, make sure it seated tight though where its supposed to be. you could impact it on ot tourque it with a tourque wrench* *recommended way and just check things out to make sure it didnt walk around too much and wear a hole in the cover behind it . otherwise should be a cheap easy fix

[92XJ]

Don't waste your time on a junkyard one get a new one. It will be pricey from the dealer.
Get a Dorman part # 594-017 from Carquest or Checker they are decent quality and half the price. It should come in Under a hundred bucks for the part.

I guess that would be Oreilly back east.

[XJLI]

get yourself a new belt too that one is shot

[WAD357]

that thing still looks mint!.............. that thing is fuckeddddd like said b4 dont put a junkyard one on it could be almost at this point go with a new one