Any ideas on how to fix this? I can't drill and tap because its damn near impossible to get it perfectly straight. Do I have to bring the car to a machine shop or do I have to remove the engine and bring that? I'd really hate to have to replace the crank on this new engine just because of this crap.
the backyard mechanic who put the harmonic balancer on when the engine was being installed (new ford engine) obviously lost the crank bolt and used this crap bolt, since it was too long the idiot used 7 washers to get it snug.
they didn't even press the balancer on, just put the bolt in and started tightening stripping it all to ~~~~.
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