We had to replace the balancer on our truck block 2006 engine. The shop told us it was a Dorman brand. We installed it and torqued it but it is .125 further out than the other pulleys. The Alt, Power Steering, A/C Compressor all line up perfect, just not the balancer. We pulled it back off and the next step is to cut 1/8 from the rear unless someone has a revelation as to why there is a problem. Anyone run across this before?

When I was looking for one for my 04 ram, the dorman brand showed as it fit many years on some sites while others showed it was only correct for certain years. I never did buy/try it myself because I didn't know what it was actually fit. Do you have the old balancer to compare it? I have one off an 06 sitting in my garage I swapped to a car balancer.

When I got the engine they had put a car balancer on it because they didn't have any truck balancers. So nothing to compare it to. The Dorman site shows 03-08 are the same.

The truck pulley is longer than the car pulley,
The one your replacing is it 6 Rib ?

I had 1/8 cut off the back end and reinstalled it today. No change, apparently inside the bore is a step that is hitting on the snout of the crank. So now to order a new balancer and start over.

Rockauto had the dorman ones listed before as 03-05. I had asked here before because I have an 04 ram and have a balancer from an 06 off another engine and wasn't sure if it would fit. Rockauto just has dayco listed now and shows 03-08. I'll see if I tell any difference on the one on my 04 vs the 06 I have sitting in my garage. I had planned to put it on because my 04 wobbles some.

After comparing with what I could since it's hard to on the truck and my 04 has a leaking rad and its a mess right now... they look exactly the same, just the 06 one I have has a seal cover/shield. Depth appears the same, but would be hard to eyeball an 1/8"