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A while back my Vette had a squeak to it. I gave it the old look see and decided it was a belt. Replaced the belt and all was good. Well last Saturday I went out with some guys and had some fun. On my way home it was squeaking again. I thought well I'll park it and get it in the shop this week and look it over. Last night I pulled it in the shop and there was a squeak then a big bang and rattle. I open the hood and the harmonic balance had flown off the crank. That's bad. Since I'm in waiting for harvest mode I didn't have much to do today so I decided to "fix" it. Well turns out after some testing that my crankshaft is bent. After a few phone calls it turns out the harmonic balancer is a problem on some Vettes. After a few more calls and three freaking thousand dollars later I have all the parts to fix it.

The pisser is a few months ago I almost sold it. I shot the guy a price and he shot me a price three grand lower. We just couldn't get any closer then three grand. Looks like I'm losing three grand anyway now.

The moral of the story is..... I don't know what the moral is but I guess I'm spending my weekend rebuilding my motor.

IMADreamer wrote:A while back my Vette had a squeak to it. I gave it the old look see and decided it was a belt. Replaced the belt and all was good. Well last Saturday I went out with some guys and had some fun. On my way home it was squeaking again. I thought well I'll park it and get it in the shop this week and look it over. Last night I pulled it in the shop and there was a squeak then a big bang and rattle. I open the hood and the harmonic balance had flown off the crank. That's bad. Since I'm in waiting for harvest mode I didn't have much to do today so I decided to "fix" it. Well turns out after some testing that my crankshaft is bent. After a few phone calls it turns out the harmonic balancer is a problem on some Vettes. After a few more calls and three freaking thousand dollars later I have all the parts to fix it.

The pisser is a few months ago I almost sold it. I shot the guy a price and he shot me a price three grand lower. We just couldn't get any closer then three grand. Looks like I'm losing three grand anyway now.

The moral of the story is..... I don't know what the moral is but I guess I'm spending my weekend rebuilding my motor.

It suck's to be a car guy....

I can't think of anything I'm less sympathetic to than someone complaining about having to spend a few grand to fix their race car.

I much prefer driving than working on cars. Actually once I get the motor out of the car tonight it won't be that bad. The actual tear down of the motor and rebuilding will be fun. The removal and then replacing will suck.

haltz wrote:I can't think of anything I'm less sympathetic to than someone complaining about having to spend a few grand to fix their race car.

Screw you Prius owner!

Sounds fun, if I was closer I'd come help.

Diddy wrote:Sounds fun, if I was closer I'd come help.

Wish you were too. lol I've put it off until tomorrow though. Got a buddy coming by the help. We should be able to get the engine out pretty quick with the two of us. He knows Corvettes really well so he'll be a huge help.

Well.......we have a computer problem with our 2007 Corolla!!!

I have a 2009 Honda Fit that can occasionally do 0-60.

My daily driver Cobalt now has eaten up it's third coil pack this year. So I have to fix it this weekend too. Not a good car weak. Looks like I'm taking the Cuda to work tomorrow. Hello 8 mpg.