Thread: Delilah....dyno rackar

Originally Posted by 91parkave

drop the cradle a little take off the passenger wheel and brakes,hang up the caliper on the strut, and go to town. GM is smoking on that piece. IMO

Heck I don't even think a cradle drop is necessary to be honest. I'm going to investigate a little further but if anything an inch or two at the most

That's how we do it. Usually gotta drop the cradle a inch or 2 to give you space to remove the HB out.

what tools are actually required would i need? cause i really dont think all those are required

Basic socket, a breaker bar, vice grips and then a harmonic balancer remover and the correct sized bolts for it.

The way I did it for my car was... Jack the car up and put jack stands on the sides of the car. Position the jack underneath the pass side of the cradle and jack the jack up..slowly remove the 2 bolts that hold the cradle up...let the jack down 2 inches or so. The crank bolt is a pain to get off unless you have - good enough compressor...so what I did is take a set of vice grips and put it on the flexplate. Then used the breaker bar to crack the bolt loose.Then use the HB remover and remove it. Rough draft of how to do it. GM tends to exaggerate things. Of course you have to remove your serpentine belt first.

Dropping the cradle on a 3.8 is pointless, just making more work for yourself.

Havent seen a 5.3 done yet, so can't comment there.

Kind of had too...couldn't get the HB to move enough to get it out without dropping the cradle slightly. Took what a whole 30 mins if that so not a big waste of time.

How do I remove the Balancer and bolt. In the middle of my cam swap - LS1TECH
Removing LS4 harmonic dampner - LS1TECH

IIRC they used a chrysler 3 jaw puller,pulley installer, something to wedge the flexplate with and a impact gun, or a really big ****ing breaker bar tourqed to 240lb.ft ,

so what does the manual mean by this
Tighten the bolt a second pass to 140 degrees using J 45059

you can read it on step 6 of the install process

i edited this photo for you, thought it needed some love haha and i was bored

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After:

Alright....got the sunroof back in again. Car is currently in racekar mode with nothing but the two front seats in. I used actual rtv and job weld to seal everything this time instead of caulking.
Also while doing so another gxp owner stopped to say hi. Its a silver with just exhaust done but sound great. Makes me wanna get exhaust done as well. I told him to join up on this site so we shall see if he does or not

In all honesty tho hopefully this works out for you!

alright....now for some pics

sun roof out



back seats and roof liner out and all



trying something better than caulking

flash made it look shiny

rubber sealant


under the seats = extremely messy


ceiling without any liner or anything



puttin it back in

so you got the head liner off with out taking the seats out, how did that part go? did it slide out the door, and what door did you use?

ive heard tail of the headliner being a pita to get out with out breaking it or bending it.

one day i want to re cover mine. but dont feel like fighting with it and f ing it up.

i found it easier to do with the back seats completely out and the front seats pushed as far forward and all as possible....and two people also made it easier. we just carefully took it through the rear passenger door and pulled the rear out first. we had to bend it a little but not enough to leave any marks or anything in it....im going to see if itll fit in trough the trunk but i doubt it will

good to know, everyone says its a hassle, looks easy enough. new project for me down the road.

I mean ive done it three times now. First time is the hardest cause all the wiring is glued taped and zip tied to it. But I just let the wires sit up there now cause its more work to tie em down again.

ive only got the lights over the back doors and a power switch for the moon roof, shouldn't be to bad.

it was the getting it out of the car that had me a bit worried. re covering it should be a breeze too.

Originally Posted by marines542

i found it easier to do with the back seats completely out and the front seats pushed as far forward and all as possible....and two people also made it easier. we just carefully took it through the rear passenger door and pulled the rear out first. we had to bend it a little but not enough to leave any marks or anything in it....im going to see if itll fit in trough the trunk but i doubt it will

Exactly how I do it

o yea i forgot your car is way simpler......you wanna come down here and just fix my car for me ill give you all the that you can drink