So I went to Autozone to rent a harmonic puller to change the timing chain on the truck, but I didn't check it before I left (idiot, I know.) The guy I talk to at this AZ usually is spot on, he even told me that the harmonic puller for Chrysler is different than most others.

I opened the case a few minutes ago to familiarize myself with it, and it looks nothing like the one on pavementsucks or the FSM. This thing is a three arm device with a large bolt hole in the center and two smooth rods of different lengths. I don't even know how it's supposed to hook up to the vibration damper, but I thought you werent supposed to pull from the outside or you risked damaging the dampner.


Anybody used this type before? how the hell does it work? Did I get the wrong thing?

 

http://www.jcwhitney.com/webapp/wcs/...atalogId=10101

This is what mine looks like.
Only mine says Snap-On and was ridiculously priced...Never again...

 

ya, see the one the guy at autozone gave me has three "jaws" that look like they go on the outside of the dampner wheel. I'm still stumped on what the smooth rods are for. maybe I'm supposed to run the rods behind the dampner and clamp the teeth on the rods, but they aren't grooved for that. Maybe its a puller for an older style chrysler vehicle.

it's weird looking.

 

Some of the newer engine use the 3 jaw style. They don't have bolt holes in the center they have reliefs cut in the balancer to hook the jaws to.
Don't grab yours buy the outside or you will wreck it.

 

mine looks exactly like rabbler's pic from JC. it bolts to the face of the balancer. if you have jaws, and they hook onto the "inner" section of the balancer, it will work ok. do NOT NOT NOT pull on the "outer" section. the 2 sections are divided by a rubber piece. it is possible to pull the outer piece off of the inner piece. i've done it and the result is having to buy a new/used balancer.

edit - on the picture above, put the crank bolt in the end of the shaft with free play. bolt the balancer arms to the face, with the bolts fully threaded in the balancer. put the big bolt into the center. line it all up and let the air gun push the center bolt in, which will pull the balancer off. watch the free play on the crank bolt. you may have to reposition.

it sounds like yours has arms to grab the inner section instead of bolts for the face.

aim, have you got a picture ?

 

17 bucks for a kit like that? that seems like a steal to me. how handy is that kit? I might order it this week, if I can get 17 bucks use out of it.

 

Very handy.
I used to use it all the time. Balancers, steering wheels, std trans, All kinds of stuff

 

IDK. 17 is a good price, but it seems a little too specialist for me. ahhh.

 

do you have a haynes manuel aim? what u are describing looks like the one they use in the manuel.

 

Autozone did the same thing to me.

The Chrysler kit is for the mitsubishie/Chrysler engines and some of the newer ones. I brought it back for my $60, then they told me they were out of harmonic balancer kits. i went to Harbor Freight who had a complete kit with tons of different size bolts and tips for the kit It was $6.99. Can't beat it. I still rent tools from autozone, but lately I have been buying specialty tools from the harbor. I know its cheap, but its worth the low prices.