3100 SFI on buick Century how to get balancer off?

[Roadbastard]

Hello,

I have a 3100 in my buick. Space is tight and I'm trying to figure out how I can get the balancer off. I need to check the timing chain but it looks like it's not going to be easy. I have a balancer removal tool but the piece that you push in against the hub is too long is there a specialty tool for this?

Thanks

[pocket-rocket]

You might want to pull the passenger side tire and splash guards and see if there is enough room to get at it from there. That's how I do them with the engine in the car. If that's how you are going about this, ignore this post.

[Roadbastard]

Oh no, thank you verymuch! Actually I just found out about it like 5 seconds ago and took it off. I had no idea you could do that. Never thought to look there. Then again I'm used to working on small blocks with everything you need in the front. Thanks a lot though!

I'm guess it's not possible to change the came with the engine in the car though egh?

[pocket-rocket]

That one would be probably almost impossible because of a frame rail right there (I'm assuming, since it should be in a common spot on all of the modern FWD GM cars). You could pull the subframe(s) and drop the engine enough to do it, I imagine, but the work involved in will be enough that you may as well just pull the engine to do it.