Thread: TD5 HARMONIC BALANCER BROKEN OFF.

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

340lbs/ft

Equivalent to 460NM which, according to one of the engineers here at work, means that you need to apply 23kg to the end of 2 metres of "bar"

Originally Posted by winaje

Equivalent to 460NM which, according to one of the engineers here at work, means that you need to apply 23kg to the end of 2 metres of "bar"

Or "me" to about 50cm of bar!

Yes it's not as much effort as the tension number sounds. Not too bad to get off. Need two people..one to hold a breaker bar handle and socket against the chassis rail.use welding gloves ...the other to hit the starter (remove fuel pump relay first ) on off..on off..and they come undone pretty easy that way.

Your biggest problem isn't going to be doing up the new bolt to the correct torque but undoing the old one.

If your Landy is a manual it may be possible to stick it in gear and chock the wheels to hold the crank still whilst endeavouring to undo the nut whilst hanging off the end of a huge bar. Degree of difficulty 3.4, chance of injury 4.5.

Otherwise or for an auto a 3/4 drive socket on an extension bar jagged onto the PASSENGER side chassis rail and flicking the starter switch might do the trick, taking care not to drive/unscrew the socket/extension head into the radiator. Degree of difficulty 1.2, stress level 4.8.

Or plan c, welding a plate onto the remains of the broken casting so that the remains of the pully can be held whilst swinging on a bar as in the first option. Degree of difficulty 4.9, chance of success without damage /injury also 4.9.

If you get as far as doing up the new bolt one of these will help, and a good price to boot.

TENSION WRENCH 3/4 DRIVE 120 - 600 FT/LBS REVERSABLE RATCHET HEAD CHROME FINISH | eBay

one of these will be pretty handy too



There's a good write up on what's involved here.

www.discovery2.co.uk / Crankshaft pulley* / TV damper replacement

Good Luck

Deano

Originally Posted by OffTrack

Just had a peek at the Turner Engineering site and saw the HB they sell is "Manufactured in Australia"

Was there any kind of identifying mark on the balancer or packaging that might help ID the manufacturer??

cheers
Paul

Hello,
No nothing on the package plain white box, not even a stamp or anything saying it was from here, sorry for the late reply as out here things are a little slow on the minesite. I didn't use it as was told it is electrical possible engine harness needs replacing.
Ian

Originally Posted by justfishing

Hello,
No nothing on the package plain white box, not even a stamp or anything saying it was from here, sorry for the late reply as out here things are a little slow on the minesite. I didn't use it as was told it is electrical possible engine harness needs replacing.
Ian

That's a pity. Turner say they can no longer get the Australian made damper and are looking at alternative - which will be substantially more expensive.

There is a mob in Wagga Wagga that do rebuilds of dampers which might be an alternative if the metal bits of the damper are in ok shape.

http://www.precisionparts.com.au/rapid_rebuild.html

A td5 might almost pass for a truck.

Cheers
Paul

Just called Precision Parts ..they say they don't do LR stuff at all . Any know of someone who does rebuild them?, I've got one I would like to have done.

Bummer!! Was going to give them a call, Slackbums! Dont they know there is thousands of TD5 dampers about to fail? or have failed? Just hope mine is not 1
Cheers Scott