Hi all

I have a 98 Galant Viento 2.4GDI. I just had to replace the Harmonic Balancer the other day because the original one tore itself apart. From what I hear it isn't too common. Keeping in mind the car has only done 77000 km. Has anyone else had to replace one of these? just out of curiosity.

Cheers.

 

very common failure.

 

I just had my replaced two weeks ago; it went right in front of my house and the car had to be towed. '98 Galant LS with 89K miles

I guess it is a comom failure

 

It is a common failure. I work in the parts dept at a dealer and sell at least 1 a month.

 

had my '94 galant ES 4 cyknder changed at 110,000 miles. thought the motor mounts gave way at first shifting the eninge so that i didn't have the clearance against the fender to slip in a new belt

 

I brought my '00 galant 94K miles to my mechanic today for a timing belt replacement. He found the harmonic balancer seriously rusted and should be replaced at an extra $400 parts+labor.
I searched on the web and apparently Mitsubishis have relatively unreliable harmonic balancers.

 

is that just the 4cyl engine balacers or are the 6cyl prone to failer