2.3L ('83-'97) Harmonic Balancer Bolt

[PetroleumJunkie412]

1996 Ranger 2.3l.

Bent my harmonic balancer bolt while trying to remove the balancer with a puller.

Trying to find a replacement online and no luck.

Any suggestions on a new one, whether OEM, ARP, etc? Would rather avoid a hardware store special.

 

[Fredness]

FORD	RANGER	1995-2001
MAZDA	B2300	1994-1997
MAZDA	B2500	1998-2001

Common balancer/crank - so I expect the bolt is the same.
Researching...

The one that comes up in searches is "Dorman Harmonic Balancer Bolts 926-885", but this is the DURATEC Bolt, NOT the Lima.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

FORD	RANGER	1995-2001
MAZDA	B2300	1994-1997
MAZDA	B2500	1998-2001

Common balancer/crank - so I expect the bolt is the same.
Researching...

Thank you, you'd think they would be everywhere....

 

[Curious Hound]

Those are probably the bolts digging into your back while you’re crawling around under cars at the junk yard.

 

[MikeG]

How much stress would be on that bolt, anyway? Wouldn't any grade 5 or grade 8 bolt be more than sufficient?

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

How much stress would be on that bolt, anyway? Wouldn't any grade 5 or grade 8 bolt be more than sufficient?

Metric, so different grades. Plus I really don't want "sufficient" - that always ends poorly for me.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

The one that comes up in searches is "Dorman Harmonic Balancer Bolts 926-885", but this is the DURATEC Bolt, NOT the Lima.

Same here. Even Esslinger didn't carry them, which is super weird. It

 

[pjtoledo]

How much stress would be on that bolt, anyway? Wouldn't any grade 5 or grade 8 bolt be more than sufficient?

quite a bit.

the keyway is not a press fit, there is a very small amount of play between the crank/key/balancer.
as the engine runs, and vibrates, that key can wear into the crank thus destroying the slot and throwing timing off. rare, but it does happen.
you need a lot of pressure between the crank and balancer (it's really a harmonic damper) to keep things in order.

if you run the math a 14mm fine pitch bolt under 100+ lbsft of torque would probably exert a couple tons of pressure.

 

[pjtoledo]

FYI, Duratec bolts are 14mm 1.5 pitch. same as the mighty Vulcan and the Yamaha V6 in older Taurus SHOs.

same threads that is, heads & lengths differ.

 

[Dirtman]

 

[Ramcharger90]

 

[Dirtman]

Could you imagine the cursing if @PetroleumJunkie412 was actually removing the balancer from a duratec instead of a lima...

 

[Ramcharger90]

Ok I was bored and called the parts department at my Ford dealer. The bolt size for the 2.3 Lima is M14x1.50x55 I think I saw that on ARPs website before

 

[Ramcharger90]

I think this would be it...

Dorman 926-885 Dorman Harmonic Balancer Bolts | Summit Racing

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[Ramcharger90]

FYI, Duratec bolts are 14mm 1.5 pitch. same as the mighty Vulcan and the Yamaha V6 in older Taurus SHOs.

same threads that is, heads & lengths differ.

So Lima and duratec must be the same them. Im sure it can be a lil shorter..