Thread: harmonic balancer got pulled off wrong!

the threads for the crank bolt got damaged. the bolt itselft came off so nothing wrong with the bolt. looks like the very first thread of the crank bolt hole got damaged. the tool pushed the thread down and now the crank bolt will not thread in. any ideas, maybe a tap...the threads are huge. never seen a tap like that.can i grind out the first thread, maybe? im not sure wat to do and basically this would make basically the whole engine junk...wow. any ideas is greatly appriciatedits a 98 gtp

that's what you get for letting the puller threads touch the crank bolt threads. you should have tossed something in there to take up the vacant space so the puller wouldnt do that.

youre going to have to find a tap and die set with the right size. hopefully you wont have to drill it out and retap it, that would suck and force you to use a different crank bolt most likely.

Yeah a big tap, I always throw a smalls 3/8 extension in the crank to keep the puller from touching the threads.

yep i use a 3/8 extension also. i didnt say i pulled it off lol! but yea going to have fun with this one.