Balance Shaft install

[The_big_dill]

Hello guys,

As I am rebuilding for primarily daily use, I want to retain my balance shaft.

As almost everyone deletes their balance shaft from their engine, every search ends with "Just delete it".

I am looking in the service manual and it seems like there is a typo on the torque spec and it is indicated in a very strange way.

FSM is telling me to torque the BS:

25Nm + 44-46Nm. Why? I understand torque + angle, I don't understand torque + torque.

Any help is appreciated!

[shamie]

Tighten all bolts to the first # then to the second #. Do not add the #s .

Be sure you have it aligned and shimmed properly also.



Or "Just delete it."

[The_big_dill]

Originally Posted by shamie Tighten all bolts to the first # then to the second #. Do not add the #s . Be sure you have it aligned and shimmed properly also. Or "Just delete it."

Thanks for the reply.

That is what I did. I have never seen that instruction before was why I got confused.

The shims were stuck on the balance shaft when I removed it, I didn't take them off, I imagine there isn't a reason to re-shim.

There are dowels on the BS, is there additional alignment I need to do in relation to the block?

Appreciate it!

Phil.

[shamie]

There's the gears that need aligned. There should be marks on them.

[The_big_dill]

Originally Posted by shamie There's the gears that need aligned. There should be marks on them.

Oh ok, I thought you meant the BS to block. I aligned the gears by eye and it looks the same as the pictures before i took it apart, if thats close enough lol.

Thanks!

[Fstrnyou]

It's called a 2-step or 2-stage torque sequence. 3-step takes it another level, like with the head bolts.