As I was driving my c6 yesterday I've noticed the headlights cut out when I punched it, checked under the hood sure enough I got the death wobble. As I'm doing my dd Found your video. You did an awesome job and thank you for all the info you rock 👍
ammar I have another crappy video from a year and a half ago or so going over the actual balancer and putting it on the crank snout if you are interested it's in the playlist for this car. Thanks for stopping by.
Duuude doing this too this winter. Nice job on it. I spoke with Lyle at C&S Corvettes and he said the rack doesn't need to come out, only have to lower the cradle to get enough room . I haven't been up there in awhile to check, but it sounds possible bc I hate that dam rack as much as everybody else lol.
Hell yeah Dave. What kit are you going to go with? I love Lyle's videos! There is definitely a bunch of different ways to do this. For me the knocking the rack loose isn't soo bad as I don't have an ABS pump in the engine bay clogging everything up. Just happy to be done with it and still kicking myself for not doing it when I did the cam install the first go around.
@@PNW_Car_Mods was going to use the same kit you used. I too wish I did it while everything was apart, but it just makes the process even more fun lol. When do you think you'll have this bad boy tuned?
@@YellowVette04 I am going to get the base tune done and work on some of the driveability and fuel trims myself with HP tuners. I won't work on max power until I figure out where to dyno. Even though I live in a county with 1 million people in it there are no close dyno tuners in the area. The guys I normally use are all 2 plus hours away.
Nice Job Sir. That is a scary Job any way you look at it IMO.... I agree 100%, the rack does not need to come out but I took it out anyways because it makes it much easier to drill, and especially if someone is R&R their balancer at this same time.... How did you torque the bolt down to spec - I am in pretty good shape and getting to the torque required for the new bolt is a JOB!!! You need to seriously consider getting a MaxJax - I promise at middle age your body will THANK you! Keep the vids coming Sir!
I have only torqued like 3 LS balancer bolts in my life all Manuals and I have always put the car in 5th gear and either had someone stomp on the brakes or put the rear tires on the floor. I tighten with 200 foot pound torque wrench and if I can get that to click I'll run it there if I need to but before I button it up I switch over to my breaker bar and just pull it as hard as I possibly can and see if I can get it to move anymore beyond where 200 was. So far I've never had one come loose. I would love to have Max Jax but it won't work well in our garage. Garages in this neighborhood are only 20x20 which sucks badly. I could run it but it would turn us into a one car garage and that won't fly with the old lady lol. My ultimate solution is to move away from this crazy state and go somewhere warmer or more mild year round.
@@PNW_Car_Mods I'm in Minnesota, so no sympathy from me on the cold weather part. lol...It is a good motivator to work on a long-term project!!! Stay warm!
That's gotta be a scary thing, drilling into a hardened crank, trying to split the drill between crank & balancer. All with no room to work. Yikes!!! What brand bit did you use too make it thru that hard steel? Nicely Done! Now I gotta do mine!
The pinning kit comes with it's own supplied drill bit and it seemed reasonably sharp. If you were to do this out of the car on a stand it would be a million times easier lol.
Thank you James. Now that will be a super unique swap. I hope you make some videos of it. :) I am using the Dayco PowerBond PB1117SS balancer in of course corvette spacing.
No you don't need it on the pin. If you are using a new factory bolt you don't need any silicone. Silicone is used for aftermarket balancer bolt that have no seal on their face.
@@panzerwaffen2873 No worries. Also I should clarify that the price I quoted is for a C5 C6 corvette because of the steering rack being in front of the balancer. May other vehicles would be cheaper easier.
You got that right! I need to sit down this evening and finish building base tune file and then proceed to hopefully not brick my PCM lol. I hear full OS overwrites can be hit or miss. Thankfully 411 PCMs are cheap if this one gives me any fits.
As I was driving my c6 yesterday I've noticed the headlights cut out when I punched it, checked under the hood sure enough I got the death wobble. As I'm doing my dd Found your video. You did an awesome job and thank you for all the info you rock 👍
ammar I have another crappy video from a year and a half ago or so going over the actual balancer and putting it on the crank snout if you are interested it's in the playlist for this car. Thanks for stopping by.
I can’t wait to see this thing running. Good job 👍
Soon. Maybe even today. :)
Duuude doing this too this winter. Nice job on it. I spoke with Lyle at C&S Corvettes and he said the rack doesn't need to come out, only have to lower the cradle to get enough room . I haven't been up there in awhile to check, but it sounds possible bc I hate that dam rack as much as everybody else lol.
Hell yeah Dave. What kit are you going to go with? I love Lyle's videos! There is definitely a bunch of different ways to do this. For me the knocking the rack loose isn't soo bad as I don't have an ABS pump in the engine bay clogging everything up. Just happy to be done with it and still kicking myself for not doing it when I did the cam install the first go around.
@@PNW_Car_Mods was going to use the same kit you used. I too wish I did it while everything was apart, but it just makes the process even more fun lol. When do you think you'll have this bad boy tuned?
@@YellowVette04 I am going to get the base tune done and work on some of the driveability and fuel trims myself with HP tuners. I won't work on max power until I figure out where to dyno. Even though I live in a county with 1 million people in it there are no close dyno tuners in the area. The guys I normally use are all 2 plus hours away.
@@PNW_Car_Mods would you recommend lowering the subframe? Or just taking out the rack? I still have the ABS module on mine
@@lucysmith4242 I would lean towards lowering the cradle and see if that will give you enough room. Either way it's not a fun job.
Nice Job Sir. That is a scary Job any way you look at it IMO.... I agree 100%, the rack does not need to come out but I took it out anyways because it makes it much easier to drill, and especially if someone is R&R their balancer at this same time.... How did you torque the bolt down to spec - I am in pretty good shape and getting to the torque required for the new bolt is a JOB!!! You need to seriously consider getting a MaxJax - I promise at middle age your body will THANK you! Keep the vids coming Sir!
I have only torqued like 3 LS balancer bolts in my life all Manuals and I have always put the car in 5th gear and either had someone stomp on the brakes or put the rear tires on the floor. I tighten with 200 foot pound torque wrench and if I can get that to click I'll run it there if I need to but before I button it up I switch over to my breaker bar and just pull it as hard as I possibly can and see if I can get it to move anymore beyond where 200 was. So far I've never had one come loose. I would love to have Max Jax but it won't work well in our garage. Garages in this neighborhood are only 20x20 which sucks badly. I could run it but it would turn us into a one car garage and that won't fly with the old lady lol. My ultimate solution is to move away from this crazy state and go somewhere warmer or more mild year round.
@@PNW_Car_Mods I'm in Minnesota, so no sympathy from me on the cold weather part. lol...It is a good motivator to work on a long-term project!!! Stay warm!
@@Toys4Life I've only ever been to Minnesota once and I was so young I barely remember it. it was cold and snowy lol.
I did this a week ago, not too bad with the kit and worth the peace of mind.
Definitely Cary. I just wish my dumb ass would have done it when I initially put the balancer on a year or two ago.
That's gotta be a scary thing, drilling into a hardened crank, trying to split the drill between crank & balancer. All with no room to work. Yikes!!! What brand bit did you use too make it thru that hard steel? Nicely Done! Now I gotta do mine!
The pinning kit comes with it's own supplied drill bit and it seemed reasonably sharp. If you were to do this out of the car on a stand it would be a million times easier lol.
Wow, Mr. Black it's just amazing how much you get done in such a confined space.
How cold is that concrete when your laying on it? Lol
-Chuck
I thankfully am able to heat the garage from the house. However, cooling it in the summer doesn't work equally as well.
My c5 is n/a only headers, is pinning the balancer really necessary?? Not sure if I want to spend more money for the kit
Alberto if you never plan on running any kind of belt driven blower than no you won't gain anything by pinning your balancer.
Im wondering if you put RTV in the old key way because i heard you have to or it will start leaking?
thanks
Yes if you are using an aftermarket balancer you need to put silicone in the keyway. You can do this after it's pressed on.
Get videos!!! What crank pulley u using?? I'm actually trying to be the 1st person to lsa supercharge a 06 impala ss? Thanks
Thank you James. Now that will be a super unique swap. I hope you make some videos of it. :) I am using the Dayco PowerBond PB1117SS balancer in of course corvette spacing.
Thanks for the reply and info. I'm going to film it. Hopefully very soon. Thanks again
Do you need to put rtv on the crank pin?
No you don't need it on the pin. If you are using a new factory bolt you don't need any silicone. Silicone is used for aftermarket balancer bolt that have no seal on their face.
Sorry, you said 8/10 of an inch?
Could just go 4/5.
lol I work in aviation. If you are holding a machinist scale that is in 10ths of an inch you would never say 4/5ths lmao. you do you though.
If I rather to pay for this how much can be the labor ?
I would say 400.00 minimum
@@PNW_Car_Mods thanks for responding brother ...
@@PNW_Car_Mods greetings from miami fl
@@panzerwaffen2873 No worries. Also I should clarify that the price I quoted is for a C5 C6 corvette because of the steering rack being in front of the balancer. May other vehicles would be cheaper easier.
@@panzerwaffen2873 We couldn't be any further away in country if we tried haha. Greetings from Tacoma Wa.
This was by far the worst part imo. It’s all downhill from here!
You got that right! I need to sit down this evening and finish building base tune file and then proceed to hopefully not brick my PCM lol. I hear full OS overwrites can be hit or miss. Thankfully 411 PCMs are cheap if this one gives me any fits.