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Balance shaft Question what to do HELP!

Dougthe37th

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Hey guys I need help on removing the balance shaft in a ecotec to fit a double row timing chain I know I have to plug the oil feed hole in the rear bearing ummm whats the best way to do that I have a brass welch plug that fits it will that work and second question do I have to plug up that massive hole in the front of the engine where the gear went thru? Cheers guys
 

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You have to block of the oil feed not the actual hole.
 

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normally you just take the drive gear off and leave the balance shaft in, much less work than trying to plug the oil feed
 

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If the motor is in the car you can just remove the front bevel cut balance shaft gear and leave the shaft in there stationary as a dead weight. If the motor is out of the car, you're best to remove it all together. The front bearing hole is just left open, but on the rear hole you'll need to remove the original 'white metal' bearing and block the oil feed hole. Yes you can use a welch plug to block it, just so long as its installed far enough to fully seal off the oil feed hole. The other way (my preferred) is to tap an 8mm thread in the hole and install a socket head grub screw. The way I do this is to use a 'starter' or 'full taper' tap and intensionally not cut the full thread depth all the way through. This way, when you thread in the grub screw, it will lock up and tighten on the thread which is not cut the full depth. Use a 10mm long grub screw and keep testing how far it threads in before cutting the thread any deeper. You also need to ensure that when the grub screw is fully home, that is doesn't protrude out the back to hold off the alloy rear main plate. Just for a little extra security, I tighted it up with some high temp bearing lock in the thread also.
Hopefully that makes sense and helps.
Cheers
 

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Can’t you just take the bearing out and spin it around
 

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Can’t you just take the bearing out and spin it around
Pretty sure the balance shaft bearing has an oil anulus/groove that runs around the whole outside of the bearing.
 
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