does the harmonic balancer make a sqeaking noice?

Answer 1

Not normally, but it is not impossible. The harmonic balancer is often an assembly consisting of an inner metal section and an outer metal section essential glued together by vulcanized (nothing to do with Spock :-) ) rubber. Over time this rubber can break down due to stress, oil and gas leakage\contamination, etc. At some point if the rubber is degraded enough they will squeak and eventually fail. This has happened to me twice, on my Saab 900 Turbo and my 61 Plymouth. In both cases I heard the squeak but could never find the source until after it actually broke. Both cars were exceptionally high mileage, 250,000 + at time of failure. It is rare though.

Answer 2

Not normally. The harmonic balancer is usually an inner wheel
that is isolated from an outer ring by a rubber insert. The outer ring contains the timing marks so that you can set the ignition timing of the engine with a timing light. You will normally notice an oscillation or a wobble in the plane of the harmonic balancer while the car is running if it is going bad. It could possibly make a squeaking noise, but unlikely. It is probably the belt slipping and making the noise and not the balancer.

Answer 3

Squeaking does not come from a harmonic balancer. It dampens out any vibrations caused by the piston travel inside the engine. Your squeak is coming from something else.

Answer 4

It shouldn't. It's just an object that rotates at the speed the pistons do, but at the opposite side of the where the center of mass of the piston/crankshaft assembly is so that the vibrations are damped out.

Answer 5

Yes, it starts out as a low squeak and as time goes by, it gets louder. Soon you may have to change it and the timing chain.

Answer 6

it shouldent

Answer 7

ummm no.