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Well i finally got the balancer installed,It went fairly smooth except for a bunch of rusty bolts. The car runs great except for one problem...It wont start without a jump. I never had a problem starting it before i started working on the balancer and the alt and batt are fairly new.I ll take a look at it today. Thanks for all the tips ....they were very helpful

Does anyone recommend a site i can find a timing belt cover.My local junkjards do not have any. One more question...Whats a good way of tightening that harmonic balancer ?

Alright i finally got the balancer off...it did take a lot of wigglin and swearing.Now im shopping for a new one,I found one for about 70 bucks.I guess i should replace the plastic cover while im at it.Anyone know where i can find one of those? Im also curious as to why that balancer failed in the first place..I just want to make sure it doesnt happen again.

Your idea worked great...I got the center bolt off.....now im trying to get the balancer to slide off.Shouldn't it just slide right off ? It seems to be on there pretty good .It might be lodged in the plastic cover a little. Any thoughts ?

Ok now im trying to get the harmonic balancer off.The problem is that when i try to back the nut off the balancer it wants to spin.Anyone have an idea how i can get it from wanting to spin.? thanks

Yes the second link describes the same problem i have. Im gonna remove the crank pulley and see what i got. Hopefully there not any damage to the inside t belt assemby. Thanks for the help,Ill let you how i made out

I think we might be talking about the wrong pulley(my falt) It is the largest pulley out of the 3 and it is the one directly under the alternator and to the left of the smaller tensioner pulley. I ll see if i can get a pic of it

This makes sense to me and yes it did chew a hole in the plastic cover. So how do i get the tensioner off ? Is it that nut on the center of the tensioner? I want to get it off so i can see what kind of damage there is or replace the bearing

I wanted to remove it because it seems to have worked its way towards the motor therfore grinding against the plastic cover on the outside .The alt belt finally got off the grooves and was worn away baddly. I thought maybe it was a bearing that had worn away and thats why it started makin its way towards the motor.I was hoping that it was just a bearing that needed to be replaced and i could just replace that. Any ideas ?

Hello,Im new to this forum and also new to working on subaru's Can anyone tell me the best way to take off the water pump pulley? Any advice would be great Thanks