Lisle Tool 22100 New Duramax Flywheel Locking Tool! How to Remove Harmonic Balancer
Lisle Tool just released its newest automotive specialty tool. This tool is the 22100 Flywheel Locking Tool. This tool is a new specialty tool released by Lisle Tool. This tool is among the great automotive tools. It makes changing a water pump and removing the harmonic balancer on the 6.6 liter Duramax truck equipped with an Allison automatic transmission a breeze. The new tool comes with everything you need to remove the harmonic
balancer. It is extremely simple to use. We will go over the instructions on how to use the new automotive tool.
We will first go over the instructions on how to do this on the Duramax 2500 and 3500 trucks.
- First you will want to place the truck on a hoist or you can simply do this in your drive way since your truck should sit high enough, just make sure to block the wheels.
- Once you have the truck hoisted up and sitting there and you are able to get underneath it you will want to remove the metal spring loaded inspection plate on the bottom of the transmission.
- Once you have the plate removed you will want to slide the tool in and engage the teeth of the flywheel. This will lock the flywheel in place.
- Then you will want to take a ¾ inch drive 36 mm 12 point socket to remove the harmonic balancer bolt. This socket is even included in the kit.
- Once you have removed the bolt you will simply be able to slide off the harmonic balancer. Be extremely careful the harmonic balancer is extremely heavy and you do not want to drop it on the ground and crack it.
- Once you have the harmonic balancer out of the way you can remove the water pump or do the job you needed to do.
- Now you can even use 22100 Flywheel Locking Tool to reinstall the harmonic balancer. To do so you will want to take the harmonic balancer and carefully slide it into place. Make sure not to drop it. You will then want to start the threading the bolt back into place. Make sure you do not cross thread the bolt. Now this is where the tool will come in handy it will hold the flywheel allowing you to properly torque the bolt. It makes it really easy.
After going over how to use the 22100 Flywheel Locking Tool on a Duramax 2500 and 3500 truck we will go over how to do this on a 4500 and 5500 Duramax.
- First you will want to lift the truck up or if you do not have a lift make sure that the wheels are blocked.
- Once you have the truck in the air, or you crawl under it you will want to remove the rubber inspection cap on the bottom of the transmission.
- Then you will want to install the automotive specialty tool and lock it into the flywheel. You will slide the tool into place the same as you would above.
- You will then want to hand tighten the bolt to hold the locking tool in place.
- Next you can use the same socket from above include in the kit and remove the harmonic balancer nut.
- Again you will want to carefully slide the harmonic balancer off. Make sure again not to drop it, it is very heavy and can crack if you drop it.
- Once you have the harmonic balancer out of the way you can remove the water pump, or do the job that you need to do.
- To reinstall the harmonic balancer you will want to slide it in place, and make sure it does not fall. You will then want to hand thread the bolt in making sure not to cross thread the threads. Then you can again use the 22100 Flywheel Locking Tool to hold the flywheel in place for harmonic balancer reinstallation. The flywheel locking tool will keep the engine from turning over while you are applying the amount of torque needed to properly tighten down the harmonic balancer bolt.
If you are curious to why this tool is among the great automotive tools, it is because it drastically helps in reducing the time it takes to replace the water pump on a Duramax diesel. This tool will allow you to remove the harmonic balancer much easier. With the harmonic balancer removed this will give you clear access to the water pump on the Duramax. Along with the removal of the harmonic balancer this tool will allow you to tighten down your harmonic balancer. And when I say help you the 22100 Flywheel Locking Tool will allow you to keep the flywheel from spinning when you are applying the torque needed to tighten down the harmonic balancer.
The 22100 Flywheel Locking Tool is a great tool to have for your toolbox, especially if you own a Duramax, or work on diesel Duramax. For the small investment this tool will allow you to easily remove the water pump and harmonic balancer on a Duramax.
Written by: Cody Mammenga an NDSCS Student
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