Thread: Replacing Transmission Soon, What else should I do?
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Old 10-17-2010, 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by i-osprey View Post
The "harmonic balancer" on the drive shaft aft of the transmission recently rotted off while going down the road. I have asked about this before but nobody knew what I was talking about.

It is a very thick steel ring that is attached to a bracket in it's center via very thick rubber. The bracket is held on the drive shaft by the flex disk bolts.

I no longer have it attached to the drive shaft and I don't know if it will cause any future problems.
Are you talking about the carrier bearing? Pictures? For my money, anything that was attached to the driveshaft, should be attached to the driveshaft. I would figure out what it was and replace it - for peace of mind.
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