2G Buddy might have screwed his DSM

[darkstar5456]

I got a buddy and for some reason he wanted to remove his balance shaft and power steering. But he didn't know how and didn't get the BS remove kit. He just up and cut the belts off, WTF. How much of problems is he looking for doing little idea.

Oh his hdamn ps. it's a 95 Eclipse GST.

 

[DSM1G90]

loss of some oil pressure for starters...

 

[NOSLO2PT0]

Why would he lose oil pressure by cutting a belt? And your buddy has not a thing to worry about. It's perfectly fine to cut the balance shaft belt. Shaft is just sitting there chillin. Don't worry about it.

 

[DSM1G90]

BZZT! "Wrong answer Hans!"

Balance shafts have grooves in them that meets up with the ports in the bearings that contains the pressure when spinning. If they are not spinning the oil just goes through the grooves causing pressure to drop.

This is why when BS kits are done, that the bearing are rolled around or replaced to cover the oil galleys that feeds the bearings to keep the pressure at level.

 

[XiKeiyaZI]

Why would he lose oil pressure by cutting a belt? And your buddy has not a thing to worry about. It's perfectly fine to cut the balance shaft belt. Shaft is just sitting there chillin. Don't worry about it.

I'd hope this is just being sarcastic, but even if so then this is not the section to do it in.

A Proper BS delete needs to be done in order to make the engine 'right'. If not, it's just going to lose oil pressure, make noises, and all in all it's pretty poor workmanship to do something so rigged.

 

[LiquidX]

Doing it proper will remove both shafts and plug the oil holes to prevent loss of oil pressure.

Do it right or don't do it at all.

 

[GsXdSmKingGsX]

They wouldnt make a kit for it if it didnt need the kit to run properly. Its extremely cheap to do too.

 

[95talongirl]

:facepalm:

That is all. Someone please remove this dsm from this person before he does worse to it.

 

[dsm8883]

it still has a shaft behind the oil pump!!!!!!!!!!! taking the belt off only stops one from turning

 

[XiKeiyaZI]

:facepalm:

That is all. Someone please remove this dsm from this person before he does worse to it.

+1.

But I believe that is all the help the thread needs. Invest in a proper BSE kit and do it correctly.

 

[Aproductions]

A buddy of mine bought a car with the balance shaft removed "or so he thought" really the guy only cut the belt and he ended up spinning a balance shaft bearing.

 

[2GbTalonGuy]

Doing it proper will remove both shafts and plug the oil holes to prevent loss of oil pressure.

Do it right or don't do it at all.

+1 Go big or go home.

 

[NOSLO2PT0]

You guys really have NO idea how it works, do you?

There is an oiling groove in the front shaft. That groove, whether spinning or stationary, remains a constant. The actual volume of that groove doesn't change one bit, regardless if the shaft is spinning or not. Therefore, the oil pressure remains constant.

If you remove the shaft, then YES, you MUST turn the bearing to block the oiling hole, because the shaft is no longer there blocking it.