Repairing a Yoke or Harmonic Balancer Leak with a Speedi-Sleeve (True Spirit #26)

Old differentials and harmonic balancers will start to seep oil as the seal wears a groove in the journal they ride on. When you replace the seal, you can repair the journal instead of replacing the yoke or balancer with a speedi-sleeve.

[@markmeadows6401]

Thanks for the info, Sir. You are patient and well spoken. I really like your videos

[@genehunsinger3981]

YEP,thats a slick option.I'm looking at my 1966 sbc 283 harmonic balancer with the same dilemma.

[@DoctorTorque]

That balancer has seen better days. But it's good you haven't scrapped it yet, so you could show off the sleeve.

[@YoshimoshiGarage]

Never throwing anything away sometimes works out. When I pulled it from under the bench I was expecting it to just be grooved, so it was a win.

[@avidal518]

Hey I have a manual transmission where the throwout bearing has worn a divot in the outside casing around the input shaft where it rides. I thought about putting some kind of sleeve on it but figured it would need to be lathed or milled round first. any thoughts?

[@YoshimoshiGarage]

Depends on how out of round it is. The trick is centering the bushing

[@avidal518]

@@YoshimoshiGarage My dad advised me to just sand it to a smooth gradient and put grease but it really bothers my OCD that the bearing is not dead on center. Hey it works though