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Originally Posted by 96riviera18
you can acess the crank pulley from the fender there is no need to pull then engine unless you are droping in a new cam too.
the hardest part is taking out the crank bolt (something like 400lbs force required), pulling the balancer off is just time consuming, and it helps to use the bolt as a press point when pulling so you dont damage anything. you dont need to use a hammer to force it back on. it should slide on enough to get the TTY bolt started, and you may want to replace your CKP sensor while you are in there, it seems to be a semi common problem with the 3800 engines. (shouldnt be more than $20 for the sensor and it will save you headach later if it does go bad) and you can get the puller at autozone for free (rental) but make sure it is the right one since our engines have 2 belts on the balancer and it is longer than most.
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ive changed mine three times already ,and it's acually not bad to do .
first jack up the car ,remove the pass side wheel,now remove some of the plastic inner wheel caseing and peal it back some ,there you have a great view of the balancer install the puller from here ,and you can install the balancer from here as well.easy to use impact wrench from here as well with short extension .takes me twenty min,from start to finish