harmonic balancer

[8432lifted]

does anyone know where the harmonic balancer is in a 99 tahoe 4wd? i have the standard 5.7 V8.

 

[lesterl]

Front of crankshaft.......

 

[8432lifted]

Front of crankshaft.......

im assuming from that answer it was a dumb question. well here comes another one haha
is the crankshaft vertical or horizontal in the car.
the reason im asking is i want to switch mine out and all the videos i can find show it horizontal on the right side and the only way to get to it is through the wheel well is this right?

 

[lesterl]

You are looking at FWD vehicles and in those and yours the cranks are ALL horizontal. The main engines you will find with a vertical crankshaft would be on a pushmower.

Now the FWD application is a Transverse engine, the truck or RWD is a Longitudal engine.

Yours has a Balancer on the front of the engine towards the front bumper....

 

[8432lifted]

do i have to remove the radiator and fan to get to it? im assuming yes. i was going to flush my radiator out this weekend so i guess that will be a good time to get to the balancer and timing chain.

 

[lesterl]

No on radiator, yes on fan/water pump.......

 

[8432lifted]

i tried removing the fan shroud last weekend but it has a top and bottom piece that are connected by a long bolt does that have a nut under it? if so how do i get to it?

 

[lesterl]

IDR a long bolt, my shroud has 3 short bolts each side connecting 2 halves and 3 across the top...... Do you have a pix?