Lisle 77060 17mm Harmonic Balancer Socket

This is one of the best tools I have ever purchased. I have done over 20 timing belts on Hondas over the years and getting the balancer bolt off has always been this biggest issue. This made taking the balancer bolt off just like any other bolt. This is worth every penny if you plan to do a timing belt change out.

This socket worked great! I had tried two others and bought a new impact wrench. 1,000 lb-ft wouldn’t do it with a typical impact socket. Breaking two 1/2” drive extensions with a breaker bar wouldn’t do it. This socket did it in about 30 seconds. I let it impact for about 3-4 seconds set to loosen, then tapped it set to tighten, then back to loosen. It spun right off. I had cranked on the bolt so much with other impact sockets that the bolt showed fairly significant sign of distress before I used this socket so I was weary of ruining the bolt but this socket is so heavily made that it didn’t seem to deflect at all which prevented the bolt from giving way. In the end I’m super pleased with this socket and it was easily worth the money.

Not sure what all the 1,2, & 3 star reviews are complaining about. They must not know how to use tools or something. "Just hit it with your purse!" LOLThis 19mm crank bolt socket worked perfectly on a 2003 Honda Odyssey 3.5L. It did in seconds what a 24in breaker bar with a 3 foot cheater pipe couldn't do. No need for the harmonic balancer holding tool. Just slap it on your impact wrench and zip her off. The socket was not loose on the bolt, like some others were saying. It fit the bolt head perfectly and did not strip the bolt.Lisle has always been a trusted name in automotive specialty tools.

Writing this to help other Honda owners. I am doing a timing belt on my 2010 Accord V6, and based on the videos and forum info, this tool seemed like the way to go. FYI, I already own the harmonic pulley holding tool (hex shaped) and used it once a few years back on another Honda...it was a nightmare, and seriously sounded like a 45 cal handgun went off when the bolt finally came loose.Once I got this tool, I figured that I better make sure it works BEFORE I actually start the timing belt job. Getting to the bolt only requires removing the front right wheel and a couple of plastic fasteners and bending the plastic down out of the way. I figured I should make sure I can get the bolt loose, and then I can immediately re-tighten and put the wheel back on until I'm really ready to do the whole timing belt job and water pump ect.First I used my very old Ingersoll Rand 231 (freshly rebuilt) set on 110 psi. Did not work. So I went to Lowes and got a new Kobalt Impact (700 ft-lbs) for about $100. It didn't work. So I watched all of the videos online showing guys zipping that bolt off with their 1/2" impacts and wondered what I was doing wrong. So I drained the air out of my tank, removed a gauge that was directly on the tank, and put my hose there (bypassing the regulator altogether, AS WELL AS ELIMINATING ANY RESTRICTION FROM THE QUICK DISCONNECT FITTINGS). Same thing at the tool end of the hose: removed the quick disconnect fittings and plumbed hose straight to the IR 231. Still did not work. So finally, I put the new Kobalt directly on the hose (now with no restrictions) and guess what. Success.So if you buy this tool, make sure you: number 1: have an excellent impact gun, number 2: use high flow fittings or no fittings (directly plumbed to tank and tool) to eliminate restrictions, number 3: at least 3/8 ID hose. Good flow and a great gun are necessary for this tool to work. But it does indeed work, and is soooo worth the trouble. Hope this helps somebody.

Made quick work of getting the harmonic balancer off of my wife’s Honda Odyssey. So much easier using this with an impact than any other method.

Like virtually everyone else on here says, this socket is fantastic. Regular socket did nothing to budge the Honda Civic crankshaft bolt. With this thing, I had the bolt out in less than ten seconds. Definitely a game changer!

Honestly this socket does what it is supposed to do. I had issues trying to remove the crankshaft pulley bolt on a 2007 acura tl and couldn't do it for 3 days and decided to buy this socket. And in less that 5 seconds I was able to remove it with my 1/2 milwakee hig torque impact. A must buy product!

I’ve fought with these infamous Honda crank bolts before and always managed to remove them with a crank locking tool, breaker bar, and force. Finally met my match on one, though… Used heat, PB blaster, extensions, breaker bars, and a regular impact wrench at length, but no dice. I THOUGHT I broke it loose at one one point, but after using a 4 ft cheater bar, throwing everything I had at it, and hearing a BANG!!! like a gunshot, I heard pieces scattering across my garage floor. Looked in the wheel well of the 05 CR-V I was working on expecting to see a broken socket or breaker bar joint, but discovered the flange on the harmonic balancer meant to hold the crank locking tool actually broke off of the balancer face! That’s a first for me.Exasperated, I was about to just go invest in a monster impact wrench and hope it worked, but figured I’d be reasonable and order one of these sockets first.As soon as it came to the house, I put it on my cheap Harbor Freight air impact (I think it’s rated for 600 or so lb. ft torque) and gave it a try… At first, nothing, affirming my doubts. Then I cranked the air supply from 90 something to 125+ psi, and after a couple of ten second or so pulls on the trigger, suddenly I heard the familiar “blat blat blat ZOOOOOOM” of success! I could not believe it.I understand the physics, but it felt like freaking magic. Could not believe, after all the violence I threw at that bolt, a concept as simple as weighted socket on an impact could make THAT much difference.10/10. Would absolutely recommend. Just wish I would’ve ordered one a long time ago and done something different with those lost bolt fighting hours of my life.