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Makes 🢒 Saturn 🢒 2002 🢒 L100/L200/LW200 🢒 Engine 🢒 Engine Mechanical - 2.2L (L61) 🢒 Crankshaft Balancer Cleaning and Inspection

    Object Number: 412461 Size: SH
  1. Clean the crankshaft balancer.
  2. Clean the belt grooves of all dirt or debris with a wire brush.

    3. Caution: Wear safety glasses in order to avoid eye damage.

  3. Dry the crankshaft balancer with compressed air.
  4. Inspect the crankshaft balancer for the following:
    5. • Worn, grooved, or damaged hub seal surface
    • A crankshaft balancer hub seal surface with excessive scoring, grooves, rust or other damage must be replaced.

       Important: In order for the belt to track properly, the belt grooves should be free of all dirt or debris.

    • Dirty or damaged belt grooves
    • The balancer belt grooves should be free of any nicks, gouges, or other damage that may not allow the belt to track properly.
    • Minor imperfections may be removed with a fine file.
    • Worn, chunking or deteriorated rubber between the hub and pulley

    Object Number: 895476 Size: SH
  1. Clean the crankshaft balancer.
  2. Clean the belt grooves of all dirt or debris with a wire brush.

    3. Caution: Refer to Safety Glasses and Compressed Air Caution in the Preface section.

  3. Dry the crankshaft balancer with compressed air.
  4. Inspect the crankshaft balancer for the following:
    5. • Worn, grooved, or damaged hub seal surface
    • A crankshaft balancer hub seal surface with excessive scoring, grooves, rust, or other damage must be replaced.
    • Worn, clunking, or deteriorated rubber between the pulley and damper ring

       Important: In order for the belt to track properly, the belt grooves should be free of all dirt or debris.

    • Dirty or damaged belt grooves
    • The balancer belt grooves should be free of any nicks, gouges, or other damage that may not allow the belt to track properly.
    • Minor imperfections may be removed with a fine file.