Trying to find out if anyone has had this problem.
The bolt on my harmonic balancer snapped in half. I could see some rust around the break area meaning it has been cracked for a while. Was running fine, then just started to vibrate, and spun a couple of belts.
For those that don't know, the harmonic balancer is connected the main pulley off of the crankshaft that drives all of your belts. The bolt is a large grade 5 or better bolt. This thing should never break.
Unfortunlatly, I was also about 25 miles out in the backcountry offroading when it snapped. Min 4 hours just to get to the vehicle. Will have to somehow, someway, fix/replace it good enough to drive it out, as unless it runs under its own power, there is no way no how any other vehicle can pull the Sorento out of some the areas. BTW - my Sorento is not quite stock as far as the suspension and tires goes, no way a stock Sorento could even get close to where my Sorento is!
But if anybody has had this problem, has heard of someone who has, or has heard of any sort of recall related to this, please let me know.
Thanks.