Balance shaft elim kit problems

[RedGsxEclipse]

What are some of the problems that occur with the removal? I spun a rod bearing and was curous if that helped do it? I also heard something about the oil pump having problems after the install. Thanks guys.

 

[SBstar]

Problems might be that you find you've spun some rod and main bearings at least thats what I found in my motor. Actually you should get a little bit better oil pressure with the stubby shaft, make sure you get those blocker bearings in correctly and have the holes NOT lined up. Its actually pretty simple but it helps to have two people and the right tools. Make sure you use the locktite and get new gaskets. Definately a worthwhile modification to your car though. Problems you might run into is that if you blew out a balance shaft bearing the actual shaft spun around in the hole enough times to wear it out until the bearing is to small to fit in it snug (another thing I found). However, if your balance shaft bearings are fine and you're just doing it for the insurance purposes, you shouldn't have too many problems.

 

[RedGsxEclipse]

Lol love the first sentence . Thanks for the helpful knowledge. Is that everything that I should be looking out for? thanks again

 

[RossY]

Yeah you should be good as long as you just follow the vfaq on it. Star also recommended having the right tools, and i cant agree more. Go to Autozone and rent their bearing install kit. Its like $40 to rent, but you get all your money back as long as you bring the tools back.

I tried for a long time to get the front shaft, rear bearing in and couldn't. With the bearing installer, it took minutes. This was with the engine in the car though.

 

[DSMvroom]

i just did it the free way. . .

front shaft : just leave the belt off!
rear shaft : tap the threads into the shaft deeper and use a longer bolt with plumbers tape or equivelant to plug the holes, and just saw the rest of that bad boy off.

done, done, and done.

 

[boostyGST]

i just did it the free way. . .

front shaft : just leave the belt off!
rear shaft : tap the threads into the shaft deeper and use a longer bolt with plumbers tape or equivelant to plug the holes, and just saw the rest of that bad boy off.

done, done, and done.

ok you need to explain "in detail" how you did this step by step and where did you read you could do it this way?

 

[98spydert]

ok you need to explain "in detail" how you did this step by step and where did you read you could do it this way?

Here's a quote from vfaq about the front shaft: http://www.vfaq.com/mods/balance-shafts.html

Note that you don't have to replace the front shaft bearings with these blockoff bearings. It is recommended that you do so if you are working on an engine that is out of the car, but if it is in the car, many people have had no problems with just removing the balance shaft belt and letting the front shaft "block" the holes in the front bearings. If you leave the front shaft in place, it shouldn't hurt anything. Just make sure that you leave the sprocket and spacer on the front shaft so that it is locked into place and doesn't move back and forth in the bearings.

I didn't see anything about the his method for the rear.

 

[LessIsMore]

You eliminate the rear just like you would when removing the front shaft. The only difference is you leave the front shaft in to block the oil passages. Much easier this way when block is in the car.

I've been running no balance shafts this way for over a year and 10K miles with no problems.

 

[DSMvroom]

http://www.ecanfix.com/~mdhamilton/balanceshaft.html

that's pretty much the template i used for the whole operation. It's very straight forward.

Seriously though on the front shaft, just take the belt off and call the project half done. OK well you are nowhere near half done becuase the rear shaft takes alot longer but you get the idea.

 

[SBstar]

Some people don't like leaving the front shaft in just because its leaving dead weight in.
Heres a link if you want to do it the free way. Its not that bad to pay 40 bucks for the kit though and save yourself the extra work. http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=192995

 

[project_tsi]

Lets say that you just buy the kit for the BSEK. During inspection, in your block, you find that your stock front balance shaft bearing has actually spun itself inside the bearing journals of the block a few times around. Now the bearing, luckily, hasn't spun out, yet. But you find that the bearing you have to replace it, is now a little too small due the other bearing in the block spinning. This happened to me. I had to get a larger diamater bearing to drive in there, so I woudn't run the risk of the bearing sliding out over time.