Harmonic Balancer dies

[terry5357]

Put Steeda under drive pullies about 5 yrs again.

last Thursday Went to leave work and when I started backing out I noticed steering was hard to turn. I thought I had a flat. Got out and looked and no flat. Popped the hood and all the accesory pullies were turning approx 1/4 of what they should be. As I was investigating the back of my hand touched the
balancer and it was quite warm. pulled the belt and I could turn the balancer with my hand. Long story short went back to stock pullies as quick fix. Has anyone had this happen?

 

[psfracer]

It has happened before, especially stock ones, but not particularly common. This is why at 10.99 a SFI balancer is required. Do you have a picture of the balancer? The bigger question to ask here is why did it fail? Perhaps something else going on. I would inspect your oil pump also when changing it out.

 

[RocketcarX]

Isn't the Steeda pulley SFI rated?

 

[psfracer]

According to the site they are, with a lifetime warranty. All though I am not sure if they were SFI rated 5 years ago--but it would be easy to tell if it has a SFI sticker on it (like ATI or IW balancers).

OP, I think I would be taking a pic and sending it to Steeda to see what they say.

 

[RocketcarX]

According to the site they are, with a lifetime warranty. All though I am not sure if they were SFI rated 5 years ago--but it would be easy to tell if it has a SFI sticker on it (like ATI or IW balancers).

OP, I think I would be taking a pic and sending it to Steeda to see what they say.

Good advice for sure

 

[DiMora]

Steeda will likely replace it no questions asked. They have good support.

 

[Speed+Clinic]

Does sfi actually test the products? I remember there was a discussion a while back that the SFI rating wasn't really all that what it was made up to be. I really dont remember 100%

 

[mds08]

I had it happen to mine, it was the BBK ones. I then added the Steeda and no problems.

 

[rayS197]

Does sfi actually test the products? I remember there was a discussion a while back that the SFI rating wasn't really all that what it was made up to be. I really dont remember 100%

According to their site, yes they test products just like other companies for Safety Standards/ Specifications. Standards are what the product must meet (built/made) to have the listing in this case its SFI.
Think of SFI like --- UL,ASTM, ANSI, CSA, ETL,etc.... Those are other testing/listing agencies for safety that products should meet. IIRC companies also pay the listing agency (SFI) to bare their insignia/logo on the product for the end user.

http://www.sfifoundation.com/

 

[86GT351]

SFI standard is not an issue here and has no relevance. If the product broke and has a lifetime warranty contact the company. Call 954-960-0774 and ask to speak to Matt Levine. Tell him I told you to call. He will get the ball rolling for you to find out what needs to be done!

 

[Speed+Clinic]

According to their site, yes they test products just like other companies for Safety Standards/ Specifications. Standards are what the product must meet (built/made) to have the listing in this case its SFI.
Think of SFI like --- UL,ASTM, ANSI, CSA, ETL,etc.... Those are other testing/listing agencies for safety that products should meet. IIRC companies also pay the listing agency (SFI) to bare their insignia/logo on the product for the end user.

http://www.sfifoundation.com/

I think the diff is that it says it meets or exceeds SFI requirements. SFI was part of sema. I was under the impresion that SFI gets its money from the logo/insignia.

SFI standard is not an issue here and has no relevance. If the product broke and has a lifetime warranty contact the company. Call 954-960-0774 and ask to speak to Matt Levine. Tell him I told you to call. He will get the ball rolling for you to find out what needs to be done!

The reason why I say this is that my oil pump went kaput(spinning at stock rpm limit, no cams no more revs than stock). I did the research and found an alarming amount of people with the steeda UDP's that grenaded their oil pump as well.

 

[86GT351]

Can't comment on that as I have no first hand knowledge. Contact Steeda as I suggested