I'm stick doing my timing belt. I can't get the damn lower timing cover off thanks to the alternator bracket stud. Flippin BMW engineers, it just needs 1 more millimeter to clear the big aluminum bracket that holds the PS pump/alternator. So I keep reading the bentley, which says you don't need to remove the hub if it's not 2 piece. I thought this means you don't need to remove the harmonic balancer, because on my M5 it was the same thing. And while this one is not torqued to 500 ft lbs, it's still more than my torque wrench and probably my clutch/handbrake can handle.
So I removed the 6 bolts and the small pulley came off but the balancer doesn't come off. I tried tapping it with a hammer lightly and prying with a screwdriver with no success. I can't get a crowbar in there without damaging something aluminum (oil pan or the damn timing cover).
Before I procede, can someone confirm 100% or post a picture of the balancer to assure me for sure that it is not the "2 piece" whatever that is, and is NOT held on by that big mother bolt?
My car's an '87. The balancer is the type with the smooth outside. It looks the same as this B25 balancer but no teeth:
So I removed the 6 bolts and the small pulley came off but the balancer doesn't come off. I tried tapping it with a hammer lightly and prying with a screwdriver with no success. I can't get a crowbar in there without damaging something aluminum (oil pan or the damn timing cover).
Before I procede, can someone confirm 100% or post a picture of the balancer to assure me for sure that it is not the "2 piece" whatever that is, and is NOT held on by that big mother bolt?
My car's an '87. The balancer is the type with the smooth outside. It looks the same as this B25 balancer but no teeth:
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