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• Re: More Clutch - felt washer?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 Jun 2010 18:27:52 -0700
  the pilot bearing clutch dust seal fits in the engine side of the flywheel, and there should be a small metal ring in the...
• Re: '72 Bus Starter Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Oct 1994 13:40:45 -0400
  ...if they come loose it doesn't engage the flywheel (but it spins real good). Worn teeth also inhibit flywheel enagement. i decided to...
• Re: Rich mixture/excessive fuel use
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 10:58:05 -0500
  ...Timing seems to be correct, > >though I have no notch on my pulleys and used a ^ shaped mark on > >the flywheel and centered it...
• Re: Not able to engage any gear-Pilot beqaring choices
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 21:50:30 -0700
  or one could just have a small relief machined in the crankshaft side of the flywheel. it's about 1/16th inch in depth...
• Re: Main Seal tool
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 10:01:37 -0400
  ...7036 Deluxe Flywheel Seal Installer DELUXE FLYWHEEL SEAL TOOL 7036 It can be seen at this web page: http://www.bowwow.ca/catalogue/Tools...
• Re: 5 cyl. Audi, sender on flywheel doesn�t matter
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 20:28:26 PDT
  > > > All > > the Audi Motronic engines have their crank position sender on the >flywheel. > > The SA bellhousing doesn't have this provision. > >That�s right...
• Re: Removing flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 12:29:46 -0600
  ...still can't > get any of the five bolts off the flywheel. The impact wrench is slowly > chewing up the heads and the breaker...
• Re: Front Wheel Bearing seal - countersink???
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:01:49 -0400
  The "Front" crankshaft seal (between case and flywheel) has to be slightly countersunk or the flywheel will cause it to leak in short order...
• Re: Watercooled Mexican Microbusses (long)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:53:22 -0500
  KEP adapters are $600 +/- (2003 price sheet) The KEP flywheel is not a replacement part.. you ruin it you need to get another one...
• Re: New engine won't turn - 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 31 Dec 2015 08:31:04 -0500
  ...There is the thrust washer that can easily drop out of place when you install the flywheel. Or you miscalculated the thickness of the...
• Re: Me too, Re: Help solving the jitters when accelerating from stop (84 Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 14 Jan 2001 22:26:46 -0700
  ...When I did a clutch job, and the flywheel was resurfaced, the chatter went away for a period of time, but came back pretty...
• Re: 1.9l Turbo Diesel, the swap is on!
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Sun, 17 May 1998 12:32:39 -0700
  ...It's a strange setup with the pressure plate bolted to the crankshaft and the flywheel on the outside. Clutch release is done with...
• Re: FW: Clutch Chatter.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 14:46:11 -0500
  ...A slow or soft release allows the clutch disc to spin against the flywheel and this will induce chattering. Once the disk is damaged...
• Re: 911-Drivetrain in 66 Micro??
  Historical mailing list
  9 Feb 96 11:31
  ...Solution is to get a Type IV flywheel and have the 5 bolt holes bored into the centre boss using the porsche flywheel as...
• Re: Rear Oil Seal (Flywheel) Leak
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:03:31 -0400
  ...He's a great > friend, but he can be a bit of a "bull in a china shop" :) > > I did not have the Flywheel...
• Re: swivel and z-bed for sale. HELP the PIFF
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:29:12 -0500
  ...stat housing (new or good used), aaz flywheel, type-2 flywheel, KEP > adaptor plate, TiiCo flywheel.... > > pmail me for parts or prices. > > -matt > moscow...
• Re: '89 Vanagon GL Diagnostic Challenge
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 05:28:20 -0500
  ...Replace clutch assembly; replace flywheel > Replacement of the flywheel may not be necessary. Most often a simple machining to give it a true surface...
• Re: Cylinder Numbering
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 13:45:13 +1000
  ...on the > > right closest to the flywheel while number 3 is on the left closest to the > > flywheel. > > Hey Simon... > does that mean that...
• Re: Question about pulley-crank end reassembly 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 08:53:55 -0500
  ...One more thing, how do you hold the crank to tighten the bolt, with a conventional flywheel lock or with a pin through the...
• Re: separation anxiety
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 02 Oct 1994 07:31:15 -0400 (EDT)
  Its a good thing it wasn't any looser...imagine the flywheel's teeth grinding away on your poor bellhousing on the tranny!!! Ric
• Pinned down
  Historical mailing list - Craig Jones
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 17:42:54 -0800
  Have I made a grave mistake? I forgot to install the pin between flywheel and crankshaft on my T4. What are the consequences? Thanks...
• Re: Clutch removal - Oil seal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 8 May 2010 14:16:33 -0700
  ...whether you want to remove the flywheel depends ... any sign of ream main oil seal leak ? if not, you could consider leaving the RMS...
• Re: Failed Crankshaft seal yet again
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 4 Jan 2006 23:46:31 -0700
  ...I am trying to think of ways that I might measure crank or flywheel > >wobble (the engine runs smooth enough - any ideas?). Maybe putting...
• Re: [Syncro] flywheel pilot bearing will not fit!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:51:37 -0800
  ...This > leaves it sticks out of the crank about 1/16". > When installing the flywheel, the hole in its > center, is not big enough...
• Re: (repost)talk me outta this...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Apr 95 09:38:34 -0700
  ...I'm sitting here in Las Cruces with my bus in the shop with the flywheel spun off again. No floor jack and no...
• Flywheel removal question
  Historical mailing list - Robinson
  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 18:37:53 -0400 (EDT)
  ...think that's what it's called) which holds onto my flywheel besides using an impact driver. What does everyone else use? I need...
• Torque specs please!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 12:46:48 -0400
  ...Bolts, flywheel to crankshaft. (my guess is 85ft/lbs) Bolts, pressure plate to flywheel (my guess is 22ft/lbs) Bolts, CV-Joint to drive...
• I-4 conversion timing problem
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Sun, 6 May 2001 10:11:02 -0400
  ...The diesel bellhousing is located 30 degrees or so from where it is on the golf bellhousing and does the diesel flywheel even have...
• Re: Clutch replacement
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Fri, 21 May 2004 19:41:50 -0700
  ...Nothing should go in the flywheel correct? Both bearing and felt seal go in the crank and the flywheel bore is clear right? Thanks...
• Re: Front Oil Seal vs Flywheel Seal vs Bob Donalds Installation Video
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:30:14 -0400
  ...Flywheel clutch disc contact face cleaned and > scuffed, new flywheel "O" ring installed, new pilot bearing greased and > installed, New oil seal put in...
• Re: Hard oil seals
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 15 May 2006 17:09:01 -0400
  ...One of the Allen bolts holding the flywheel on was completely stripped out and there were marks on the outside where someone had probably...
• Re: clutch chatter fixed, thanks
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014 23:27:36 -0500
  ...Did you have the flywheel face machined back smooth? If so, did the pilot shaft flywheel bushing that mounts inside the flywheel get put...
• Clutch Bolts, Washers, Note in Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 30 Sep 2017 13:22:49 -0700
  ...30.4 30.5 in Bentley, notes for fasteners holding clutch to flywheel. Why is a spring washer required on the M8 x 18...
• More Clutch - felt washer?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Tue, 8 Jun 2010 12:38:32 -0400
  ...The flywheel actually was ok. Cleaned to a nice surface and shine very easily, so I am just going to put it back together...
• Re: replacing flex plate with flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 6 Dec 2023 02:50:26 +0000
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• Re: Felt seal on flywheel--'83
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 09:39:56 EDT
  I agree with Bulley on this one. Hey there's a first time for everything :) Ken Wilford Van-Again John 3:16
• Re: I stand corrected.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 11:20:22 -0700
  ...4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 Camshaft Crankshaft Crankcase Front of Engine (Flywheel > & Gearbox) > Rear of Engine (Crankshaft Pulley) Crankshaft & Camshaft Gears...
• Re: Starter problem
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:01:27 -0600
  Are there teeth on the flywheel at that point? Have you tried turning the engine a little by hand? Larry A. William Greenamyer wrote...
• Re: Pilot Bearing
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 8 May 2013 22:56:47 -0500
  ...Oddly, the bushing that holds that felt in place is slightly press fitted into the flywheel. This can come out on dis-assembly and...
• Re: 911 conversion flywheel question ?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 29 Nov 94 09:40:56 CST
  ...it's probably an old theme but does anyone know what flywheel I > should fit to a 911T to mate with a '74 bus...
• Re: Pinned down
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 06:35:02 -0500
  Craig; If the flywheel and crank were both originally balanced together and you did not retain the original orientation, the resulting imbalance _could_ reduce...
• Oil leak after body work... mystery solved
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:06:19 -0400
  ...The Flywheel seal got contaminated by the sand-blasting media, which worked its way in through the hole at the top of the motor...
• Esslinger 2.3 endoftheroad
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 00:23:51 -0400
  ...Kit is ONLY available with 200mm flywheel, vanagon is 228mm. Esslinger has not and can get not 228mm flywheels. So, if you go this...
• Re: Flywheel Locking tool
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Nov 1995 01:31:59 -0600
  ...800-544-1084 Flywheel Lock (1950-1979) Part number 37120 $8.49. I have one. Works great, but had to use a nut for...
• Re: clutch question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 15 Feb 2000 16:02:51 -0800
  Make sure the tranny and engine seals are not leaking, resurface the flywheel, and put in a new throwout bearing and pressure plate along...
• Re: Rear main seal replacement? You mean FRONT
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 22:12:22 +1200
  That's FRONT seal. The rear end of the engine has a pulley on it. The front end carries the flywheel.
• Re: flywheel bolts stuck
  Historical mailing list - Scott Norville
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 18:27:31 -0500
  First the cheater bar and then the impact driver. Brand new 10mm hex. I guess the best thing to do now is keep leaking...
• Re: Slipping clutch, rookie owner
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 18 Jul 1995 15:19:29 -0700 (PDT)
  ...If the clutch disc is really worn, you can score the pressure plate and/or flywheel when the pad on the clutch disc wears...
• Re: clutch chatter fixed, thanks
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014 09:42:42 -0600
  ...Did you have the flywheel face >>> machined back smooth? If so, did the pilot shaft flywheel bushing that >>> mounts inside the flywheel get put...
• Re: Forgot to replace flywheel-to-crank bolts
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 23:36:23 -0500
  ...I JUST did the exact same thing- rebuilt a 1.6L diesel and I reused the flywheel bolts w/ loc-tite. I'm not...
• Re: flywheel locker?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:47:51 -0700
  ...I suppose you could use two pieces of angle iron, just to spread the load across two studs, but I had the flywheel on...
• Re: 1985 VW Vanagon - clutch jump
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 18 May 2007 12:09:01 -0700
  ...are ok, then I'd look towards oil on flywheel and/or clutch plate. Two places oil can come from are ear engine seal...
• Re: Shifting Shudder Part II
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:56:49 -0500
  ...He pulled the tranny, clutch and flywheel, installed a new seal, and ---- at my request - milled the flywheel, and installed a complete new clutch...
• Re: I-4 conversion timing problem - no problem!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 7 May 2001 20:37:52 EDT
  ...Now the following applies to any conversion that used the original diesel flywheel and bellhousing in the conversion. Referring to the Bentley (same info...
• Re: Crankshaft pully bolt
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:50:42 -0500
  If the engine is out of the vehicle have a friend hold a large screwdriver between a tooth on the flywheel and one of...
• Mystery Machine back on the road (long)
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Sun, 14 Jul 2002 09:08:45 -0500
  ...My flywheel needed to be replaced too due to a small crack. The van has been leaking oil from between the engine and transmission...
• Re: Esslinger 2.3 update
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Wed, 15 Apr 1998 21:42:56 -0400
  ...Esslinger 2.3 update >Patrick Dooley wrote: >> >> After much debate and speculation over the flywheel issue, I decided to see >> for myself. BTW, the...
• gravestone rubbing of 2.1 block
  Historical mailing list - David M Luddy
  Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:21:14 -0500
  Hello Volks, will any one with a 2.1 block sitting on their workbench give me a rubbing of the flywheel end of the...
• Re: clutch
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 23:07:05 EDT
  Do not forget to have the flywheel resurfaced or you will be doing the cluch dance again real soon. Jim Morgan 86GL "Breadbox" 205...
• Re: Flywheel Lock reccomdations
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 17:18:23 -0500
  Thanks Everyone, I'll be ordering a cheap one to night so I can fix this darn oil leak. Thanks Again, Kevin 87 Westy...