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• Re: Not able to engage any gear
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 31 May 2011 23:49:25 -0500
  ...Add to that the fact that there is a brass bushing that goes in the flywheel that holds the felt seal in place. When...
• Re: clutch chatter fixed, thanks
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 20 Apr 2014 12:51:44 -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...
• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Fri, 28 Mar 2014 08:47:41 -0700
  ...The brand name Rancho comes to mind. > This is the bushing I hadn't heard of (flywheel not cross shaft) > *little goober is a...
• Re: Front Oil Seal vs Flywheel Seal vs Bob Donalds Installation Video
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:15:16 -0500
  ...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: Crankshaft Endplay Adjustment Hits Me Flat
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:35:44 -0500
  ...When the play is excessive, you will feel it go thunk as you move the flywheel. If the play was set too tight, after...
• Re: Bentley Manual - Errata, Errors and Omissions
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Fri, 27 Jan 2017 09:45:37 -0800
  ...For example the flywheel to TC bolt torques, many often confuse the flywheel to crank torques for that and overtorque because of it. But...
• Re: rusty flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Fri, 8 May 2009 17:11:29 EDT
  ...be sure that whoever doe it does it with a flywheel grinder not a lathe, later mark d **************A Good Credit Score is 700...
• Re: End play specific to flywheel?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
  Sat, 21 May 2005 18:30:41 -0700
  Hello and another happy weekend! Do rebuilds (specifically those from AVP) generally come with the requisite seals and shims installed for the flywheel? I...
• Re: Can pilotbearing be changed with flywheel in place?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:19:47 -0700
  ...On 6/9/07, Jens Jakob Andersen <jayjay@zorck.dk> wrote: > > Can I change the pilot bearing without removing the flywheel? > > Casey __________________________________________ '87 300TD...
• Re: speaking of tools (was "Huge Nut on Rear Drum")
  Historical mailing list - Jim A
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:55:50 -0700
  ...Where can I get the 36 mm flywheel tool? > > > >Jeanne > > > > You should be able to buy a 36mm socket for a 1/2" drive...
• Re: clutch shudder
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 22:36:11 -0500
  ...If you must go to that kind of trouble, re-face the flywheel, replace the main oil seal (it has a spring in it...
• Re: Weird oil leak
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 10:03:55 -0500
  William I disassemble allot of engines and I see that the majority of the flywheel seals are not countersunk or they have used a...
• Re: [WetWesties] Help! Stuck in the middle of nowhere!
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Thu, 30 Jul 2015 10:57:56 -0600
  I tried, he tried, tried backing up the flywheel, nope. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 30, 2015, at 10:49 AM, PSD <psdooley...
• Re: 5 cyl. Audi, sender addition
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 16:27:43 +0200
  > > 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: Pistons & heads installation videos
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sat, 24 Mar 2007 10:09:08 -0500
  Here's the link for the flywheel video. This is a wonderful and highly useful trend for all of us... video can speak an...
• KEP adaptor and flywheel unused in MA
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 2 Apr 2022 23:16:29 +0000
  Not mine.  Found on FB Marketplace.  Super deal for someone at $100.  I'd buy it.  https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/694818541868862 Stephen
• Re: Flywheel Lightening
  Historical mailing list - Steve Tew
  Sat, 6 Mar 1999 19:27:14 -0600
  One more thing . . . lower profile tires could give a bit snappier acceleration out of the hole cuz of the increase of the vitual final...
• Re: flywheel bolts stuck
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 21:58:37 -0500
  Scott, If you drill the heads off the torque will be released so the remaining bolt should, theoretically, come out easily. Ken Lewis http...
• Re: oil leak update
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 00:13:36 -0700
  ...If it's from between the transmission and the engine it is unlikely to be a missing flywheel o-ring, unless you just did...
• Re: what clues about engine health can I get
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 May 2012 12:24:38 -0700
  ...you set up end play with a torque converter drive plate just like it was a regular flywheel. Same deal. scott turbovans.com On...
• Re: Crankshaft end float.
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Wed, 22 May 2002 00:26:30 -0700
  ...The shims are intact, as I have had the flywheel resurfaced without disturbing the shims. In advance of your note, I'd made provision...
• Re: flywheel seal dealer price
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:38:17 -0400
  ...He > says that he was quoted $91 for a front (flywheel) seal by Camelback VW, > which he verified by calling a couple other dealers...
• Re: VW gas I4 Engine Conversion input needed. (I think I've made my choice)
  Historical mailing list - *****************
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:53:02 -0500
  ...I hope to swap the geared ring from >air cooled flywheel to the I4 flywheel thus keeping the I4 >clutch/flywheel. Is this possible...
• Re: 125 HP Wasserboxer Ghia
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Tue, 19 Dec 1995 10:26:32 -0500
  ...I was able to take POUNDS off the flywheel and the engine ran smoother than stock. Without the extra flywheel weight it revved real...
• Re: clutch chatter fixed, thanks
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:30:31 -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...
• Re: Crankshaft Endplay Adjustment Hits Me Flat
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 21:06:37 EST
  ...I think the secret is not to flex the flywheel. Place the screw drivers at right angles to the gauge. This way, in my...
• Re: 81 rebuild - balance or not?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Apr 1996 20:27:05 -0400
  ...if i'm >not mistaken, things were (or should have been) originally balanced >(maybe?) w/original pistons, rods, crankshaft, flywheel(?), as a set. so...
• Re: 1.9l WBX to 2.1l WBX Swap Tips? Have a complete 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:11:24 -0500
  If doing the engine swap yourself you should also get the tools and learn how to change the flex plate/flywheel and set the...
• Re: How to untorque the pulley?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 19:52:33 -0800
  ...Go for it, and have the flywheel resurfaced and put in a new clutch if yours has more than 40,000 or so miles...
• Re: Flywheel Resurfacing
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone L. Greene
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 09:03:04 +0100
  Slick! ; ) Tyrone Big Pine Key, FL 87 GL Syncro 85 Westy etc..... Randy Huyck wrote: > I am now the greasiest accountant in the free...
• Re: Engine noise/Flywheel correction
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:35:26 -0400
  The torque converter is attached to the flex plate. If the flex plate cracks, the converter will wobble.Then..............$^#$%@#$!&^ Could be that the three...
• Re: Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 25 Jan 2017 02:55:20 -0500
  ...All conversions bolted to a wbx bell housing use the same flywheel diameter and depth. FWIW, I've sold the TDI starter adaptors to...
• Clutch/Shock correlation
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:30:04 -0700 (PDT)
  ...This is a surprise because I was certain the shudder was from the flywheel running out of true. Pretty badly actually, I had to...
• Re: Felt washer in flywheel, make your own? ... and more
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:04:53 -0400
  ...You will have to bore out the center of the > flywheel or grind the step out of the crank bore to use it though...
• Re: how to pull pilot bearing on 86 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:21:50 -0700
  If you hold the new bearing up to the hole in the flywheel you will be able to judge whether it can fit through...
• Re: End play (was: Siezed pancake on table)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 16:01:00 -0800 (PST)
  >> Take a big flat screwdriver and pry the flywheel away from the case. There >> should be a tiny amount of endplay, thunk thunk is...
• Re: Endplay Shims
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Jul 1997 07:48:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...If you don't have the contraption to *meaure the end play* once you have bolted up the flywheel don't bolt up the...
• Torque Info
  Historical mailing list - McComas_Glenn
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 06:58:13 -0400
  ...44 ft-lb + 90� added* Bolts, pressure plate to flywheel (guess 22ft-lb)...... 18 ft-lb Bolts, CV-Joint to drive flange (guess 31ft...
• Main Seal tool
  Historical mailing list - patrick paul clerkin
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 02:01:57 -0500
  ...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: Headlight question (ignition "lock")
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 10:54:05 -0500
  ...Headlight question (ignition "lock") It helps keep all the teeth on the flywheel. I guess its not a problem with the Vanagon, but there...
• Re: Flywheel Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 2 May 2013 14:13:48 -0400
  I'm not sure Neil - I've never seen a tool like this. Sounds like it might do the job. Thanks, Jeff '85 GL...
• Clutch Revisited
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Wed, 2 Jun 2010 12:41:51 -0400
  ...It looks in fact like the flywheel. Flywheel (see picture) There is no scoring per say, but a lot of discoloration. While it doesn...
• Re: Dumb Question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:10:12 -0700
  Yeah, I looked at those before going with the plate and flywheel from Outfront. For me there were some compelling reasons not to use...
• Re: New engine won't turn - 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 31 Dec 2015 06:35:45 -0600
  ...Loosen the Flywheel /torque converter plate then see if it turns then. Been there done that. When testing for crankshaft shim thickness it is...
• Starter spins, engine doesn't
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:45:20 -0500
  ...The starter engages and turns the flywheel, but the engine does not turn over. Is this potentially a simple problem with the flex plate...
• OOoooo, ouch. re: firing order and plugs.
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Mon, 21 Jun 1999 22:05:41 -0600
  ...AIR COOLED BOXER (Any vintage Type 1 or Type 4 engines) FLYWHEEL oil Front, left side: #3 cooler Front, right side: #1 Back, left...
• Overreacting/List civility...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 19:06:19 -0800
  ...on the > right closest to the flywheel while number 3 is on the left closest to the > flywheel. > > Simon Glen, Toowoomba, Australia > 1992 VW...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 16 Aug 2004 to 17 Aug 2004 - Special issue (#2004-767)
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:17:15 -0700
  ...Once up to speed rotationally, the masses act like a flywheel. Not much power required to keep em turning. I doubt the Speedchannel Windtunnel...
• Magical cast iron suspension?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:56:40 -0400
  ...The cast iron lower control arm *acts as a flywheel*. It absorbs the energy caused by bumps in the road.* Stores it and keeps...
• Watercooled Mexican Microbusses, again
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:17:07 -0800
  ...The owner did it using the bell housing, starter, and flywheel from a Mexican watercooled bus. The cooling system was his own design, using...
• 2.1L Wanted!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 28 Nov 2003 14:27:57 -0800
  Does anyone have a good condition, running 2.1L for sale? Prefer with flywheel for M/T. Vehicle to be installed in is 87...
• Re: 86 transmission hookup problem
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Tue, 2 Nov 2004 15:16:59 -0800
  Is the flywheel loose? If it didn't touch to start with why would it touch now? Phil __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the...
• Re: Flywheel Install / O - ring
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:20:46 -0700
  ...is still available, of > Boston Bob > showing how to install a flywheel and adjust endplay. > http://wetwesties.org/video/bostonbobbostig-proper_wbxflywheel_install.wmv...
• fly wheel distortion?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 20:31:28 EST
  ...according to muir this means a distorted flywheel. is it? or could there be something else? if it is the flywheel has anyone done...
• Re: vw tools?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:31:46 -0700
  ...Two bolts in the flywheel, with a long bar inbetween them braced against the ground. I like the one bolt option better! Neil. On...
• Re: 87GL rebuild update (attempt #2)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Webster
  Sun, 23 Aug 1998 17:26:19 EDT
  ...One thing that really helped was to have a flywheel lock. If the motor is out of the van install a regular beetle flywheel...
• ok.. driveplate/flexplate question...New flywheel for sale...
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Fri, 7 May 2004 21:28:30 -0400
  ...if anyone is in need of a new flywheel P-mail me with an offer... thanks everyone, jesse 89 carat
• Re: Engine removal tool
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Sun, 6 Apr 2008 14:18:11 -0700
  I did what Gene Berg told me in the 70's- i welded a bad flywheel onto my floor jack. The only problem is...
• Re: Boston Bob Flywheel Install - OMG
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:08:44 -0700
  ...I have one waterboxer flywheel that has the center hole larger than normal.. like the metal rinig that holds the dust seal would not...
• Re: New engine won't turn - 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:35:37 -1000
  ...There is the >> thrust washer that can easily drop out of place when you install the >> flywheel. Or you miscalculated the thickness of the...