Question about balance shaft delete.

[MJ'sbtch82]

Can I only remove one balance shaft with the engine still in the car? If so is there a link to the bsek that I would need and a link to a how to?

 

[92AWDHX40]

Never done it with it in the car, pita i heard though.

 

[Kevin4G63]

When you remove the 2 shafts you need to block off the oilsupply for the right one. This means taking out the bearings(wich have holes in them for the oil to go through) and putting them back in at another angle.

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Here's a nice link.

For a bsek you need one with the oem stubby shaft.

Btw, if your motor is stock I wouldn't recommend to take out your shafts.
Good luck

 

[BogusSVO]

Yes you leave the front shaft in the block to restrict the oil flow.

You will not install the front BS belt.

With this method of BSE, you should not see the increase in oil pressure.

The rear shaft gets pulled and the stubby shaft installed.

 

[evobullit2017]

i have done it in the car pita its imo to pull the motor and install the bse properly

 

[Cdc1221]

As bogus said, leave the front shaft it. The rear bearing is fairly easy to get to once the front cover is removed. Or you can get the STM bsek, which is essentially a balance shaft that's been cut down to remove the counterweight

 

[evobullit2017]

graveyard has a good bsek with the bs pulley delete option

 

[Mitzer4G]

Im about to do this as well. This is the first time I have heard to leave the front BS in. I thought your suppose to remove both.

 

[BogusSVO]

graveyard has a good bsek with the bs pulley delete option

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[Cdc1221]

No you don't have to. With the front shaft still in, but no bs belt, you don't have to turn the bearings, as bogus said. Viable option with the engine in the car. On my 1g, I saw no other way to do it without removing the block. Not sure on a 2g but I'd say its the same as they appear to have even less room

 

[FLASH1970]

I removed both of my balance shafts with the engine in the car. It wasn't too bad. I think I removed the dirver's side engine mount and then the front mount to get the engine to hang low enough so I could get the shafts out. I rented the bearing driver from autozone to remove and install the bearings. I just reused the old bearings because I was careful when I removed them. I just turned them so the oil holes didn't line up. If I remember right, I used the front balance shaft turned around and tapped the inner front balance shaft bearing out and back in. The 2 bearings on the front balance shaft are different diameters. Make sure you get a stub shaft with the oil groove in it. Some balance shaft eliminator kits have a smooth stub shaft and it gets oil starved. The oil pressure did go up a bit on my car but with 254k, I figured it could use a bit more oil pressure.

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[Elpizer2]

what about vibrations?

 

[pauleyman]

You are replying to 10 year old threads. Please research/read the thresd or start your own if necessary.