ok i think i asked this question b4 but i cant remember it was a long time ago. can i just not put the balence shaft belt on. the one i have in my car now was all tangled up and it wasnt even doing anything as it was so do i even need to put it back on. my bro said he didnt think so but i wanted to ask u guys b4 i did anything. the reason i ask is because i can get the belt for like 3 or 4 days once i order it and i needed it last week. autozone is so gay. thye dont have any idea wtf i was talking about when i told them what i needed. there isnt any place close that has it or can get it to me any quicker tnx

 

i have a random one sitting around. How soon do you need it?

 

well like two days ago. i need my car its expensive to drive a big truck around. but my real question was is it really needed.?

 

You dont want to be running the car without the belt installed. Reason being is that aside from the rattle your gonna get with it off, your gonna cause damage to the balance shaft bearings and with that you could cause further problem with the motor including low oil pressure. Which we all know is not something you want in a 7 bolt . I would not run it till you get a new belt on there or you do the balance shaft removal mod (kinda a pain to do though). But in case your interested in it. Here is a link
http://www.vfaq.com/mods/balance-shafts.html

 

b4 i did this whole thing my belt was all tengled up in the gears which was a pain to get out, i didnt notic any rattling.(could this have caused damage to the bearings that u r talking about because i dont know how long the belt had been broken b4 i did this, 1 day-1 year idk)but when i reinstaled the first one 3 days ago i noticed that it really started to vibrate a whole lot more then it used to. then the belt broke. lucky enough for me i was able to get it b4 i put all the covers and stuff back on. i was testing it to make sure i had it timed correctlly and then all of a sudden i c a rubber belt go flying out from underneath the car. so u say that i sould just wait and put a new one on

 

well im just saying you shouldnt drive the car without a balance shaft belt. Your saying you got vibration when you replaced the belt the first time? And what happened to that one?

 

it broke off . the belt was a cheapo 5 bucks but the guy said it would work. he was wrong. with te vibration i know i need new motor mounts could that have caused the vibrations to. i didnt have the vib. b4, but maybe because i took of the one mount that might have changed where it sat and now vibrates. or dose it sound like i might have had the b/s timed wrong?

 

I snapped my balance shaft belt in my '97 Spyder GS once and it burnt out the crank sensor while I was driving so the car basically shut down and wouldn't start again...it cost me like $400 to have the parts ordered and repairs made.

 

yea i think i know when itbroke because i remember a loud noise a few weeks ago and the car shuttered for a mine but i didnt thnk anything of it until now.