Sweet, thanks for the advice.

 

Go buy a puller and do it right. $10 to $15 at any auto parts store.

 

The guy probably tried to pull the balancer down all the way with the Steeda supplied longer bolt. The instructions that come with them say specifically not to do this. The bolt is ONLY used for the install so I'm unsure as to why you are talking about a puller.

 

Anybody knows if an MANUAL gt uses a different harmonic balancer than a AUTO? My reason for the question is because I am in the process of going from AUTO to MANUAL and needed to know.

 

It's the same.

 

If you have the 00 GT do you know if you have the old style water pump? i believe its the outward style water pump pulley (not the caved in style). Reason being im asking is because i have the outward style....and i did the same install off BBK pulleys...everything is easy except the crank pulley....its weird because you actually have to bolt the new crank pully to your old balancer as one unit....you definatly need a puller to get it off no doubt....the hardest part IMO is bolting them together right....first time i did it...i barely even had the 3 bolts that hold them together tight and i stripped the threads inside the aluminum bbk pulley :-/ so after about an hour of playing with the tap and dye set...and a whoollle lot of threadlocker i got them together...i let it sit overnight and the pulley has a slight wobble at idle....but the bolts are tight and ive had it checked out its fine

so to make a long story short....be careful when you torque the pulleys together...i used a torque wrench and i still stripped them....if possible keep a set of helicoils on hand just in case....if mine ever vibrate lose im just going to helicoil them but if you be careful and use the threadlock and let it sit overnight you should be fine.....

oh and also..the instructions are really confusing haha...but other than that as logn as your careful about those bolts you should be okay with a puller....its a rather easy setup i just screwed up ...effin aluminum :-/
let me know if you have anymore questions id be happy to help ya bud

 

i need one i think .. my car started making a slicking noise on the highway and i noticed on the balancer the plastic circle is cracked and now it was cracked all the way from side to side .. is this the clicking noise i hear????

 

I just use a longer bolt to pull it on then use the stock to finish and torque it.