I have been trying to remove the balancer from the crank on my pony motor and the pullers slipped off taking a chunk of the balancer with it. The chunk is maybe 3/8” square and at the deepest 1/16”. Will this throw it too far out of balance and ruin bearings etc ?

Thanks for the advice Neil ! Glad to hear it’s not ruined!

The hub has tapped holes to pull it

there has been a lot of posts on here advising us to never pull on the flanges---I think OM even posted a puller he designed to pull the hub off

I made such a puller.... Two long bolts ( about 12" or so) that thread into the balancer. At the "head" end of the bolt a pieces of 1" thick steel about 8" x 2". 2 holes in that plate match the distance between the holes in the balancer. Place a hydraulic Jack ( that will work on its side - some won't ) between the plate and the pony shaft.

On a D6 I did this and had to use a cheater bar on the hydraulic Jack. I covered the entire assembly with a heavy tarp, expecting shrapnel to fly or the Jack to blow. There was a loud bang, but the balancer popped off.

I posted pictures in an old post about this....

What is a “Balancer? I’ve always called it a “Flywheel” and so does Cat. :confused2

I guess balancer comes from a harmonic balancer that drives fan belts on an engine??