VE 6.0l harmonic ballancer removal

[nodscars]

Hey anyone have any idea how to remover the harmonic ballancer ona 2007 ssv 6.0l

is it lefty loosey??? cant see a way to lock it up also

[scott w]

yeah its a normal thread thread ( NOT A LEFT HAND THREAD ) if the cars a manual put it in gear and leave the handbreak on .
will be bloody tight you will need a breaker bar and piece of pipe , thats what i used anyway

[nodscars]

ok cheers so did you replace the bolt , holden are saying to tighten it down with the old bolt then fit the new, did you use tread lock or anything?

[scott w]

you will need to replace the bolt as they are torque to yield ( in other words you only use once ) , i used a longer piece of allthread and a nut to refit the balancer , then i fitted the new bolt .
do you have a manual for an earlier commodore with an ls1 as its the same procedure , if you have plans to fit a cam in the future get an arp balancer bolt , they cost a little more but are re-usable .

[nodscars]

OIC , thanks for your help, yer i bought a new ballancer but ,i was unaware that i needed a new bolt as well,
Well I finally got the bolt and old ballancer off, the new ones back on just need that new bolt now,
Is there much involved in dropping a cam in?

[scott w]

depends how handy you are with the tools , theres a few threads started on fitting of a cam ....... look on ls1.com.au

[HSV085]

Make sure you use a ARP balancer bolt, cause they're reusable & heaps stronger than the oem stuff.