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• Re: stripped flywheel bolt
  Historical mailing list - Denis B�lisle
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 16:36:22 -0800
  ...Tim wrote, "All Aircools and Waterboxers say to tighten to 81 ft/lbs with no mention of loctite." 139303 JUL 93 Flywheel Mounting Bolt...
• flywheel specs
  Historical mailing list - CPPoillon
  Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:02:59 -0400
  In need the machining specs for the distance between the Flywheel mounting surface and the friction surface. TIA
• Can pilotbearing be changed with flywheel in place?
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Sat, 9 Jun 2007 21:31:03 +0200
  Hi Can I change the pilotbearing without removing the flywheel? It didnt look like that for me, when I changed the clutch today - so...
• WTB: Vanagon Diesel flywheel
  Historical mailing list - John Stepto
  Sun, 17 Aug 2003 22:09:48 -0400
  Anyone out there have a Vanagon diesel flywheel for sale? New or used is fine. John Stepto
• Re: Flywheel depth specs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:29:52 -0500
  ...Flywheel depth specs Anyone have specs (either factory or hard and fast) for the depth of a stepped flywheel--ie from the pressure plate...
• Re: starter flywheel for tiico.
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:19:26 -0800
  hey, what flywheel do we have? off of what vehicle? Ki wrote: > someone emailed me a while back saying they could get a flywheel...
• Re: end play measurement
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 10 May 2011 13:01:47 -0700
  Changing flywheels? Unless the depth of the crankshaft recess is IDENTICAL to the flywheel removed, it will indeed change the endplay. That distance IS...
• Re: resurface flywheel?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 13:48:23 -0800
  ...In reality, the only time a flywheel needs to be resurfaced is if the disk has worn down to the rivets and the flywheel...
• WTB diesel flywheel lock
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 3 May 2004 20:54:22 -0500
  I need a source for a flywheel lock for an 83 diesel. Can anybody recommend one? Thanks, Jim
• Flywheel depth specs
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:36:33 -0800
  Anyone have specs (either factory or hard and fast) for the depth of a stepped flywheel--ie from the pressure plate mounting surface to...
• Re: pilot bearing... do i need to replace the main seal?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 21 May 2010 20:22:21 -0700
  ...They go on the other side. (Between the flywheel and the crankshaft.) The machining on a flywheel is on the side away from the...
• flywheel install question.
  Historical mailing list - Ki
  Thu, 30 Oct 2003 16:23:25 -0800
  wondering how many hours it would take to install the flywheel for the starter on a tiico syncro. thanks. ki
• Flywheel Removal
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:08:55 -0400
  Is there a trick to remove the flywheel? Those suckers on on tight! BTW are those 10mm allen key heads? Chris
• Looking for parts
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:12:09 -0800
  I have a 2.5L I-5 in my 1987 Syncro and I am looking for the flywheel, clutch disk and pressure plate. Here...
• Re: flywheel seal dealer price
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:38:47 -0500
  West Coast Metric sells the High Heat Viton flywheel seal for about $13. Warren Lail 88 Westy "Billy Bones"
• Locally found substitute for felt flywheel washer?
  Historical mailing list - Erin Randolph
  Fri, 20 May 2005 23:54:32 -0700
  Hey folks, Just what it says, Is there a locally found (ie, FLAPS) felt flywheel washer for an 80 vanagon...Im about to button...
• Flywheel Lock
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 9 Mar 2009 09:35:45 -0500
  Anyone know if the JC Whitney Flywheel Lock (advertised for aircooled) will fit the 2.1L WBX? Thanks John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
• Re: Turbo Vanagon - Audi 5000 CS Turbo Engine, OFF LIST INFO PLEASE!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Sat, 28 Dec 2002 10:41:51 -0800
  David Marshall wrote (text deleted): > > ...the 2.2L "MC" motor has an external timing sensor that uses the > Audi flywheel's timing marks for...
• Re: Removal of flywheel bolts
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 19 May 2002 13:25:37 -0400
  ...then with the flywheel locked try turning the bolts with a braker bar Bob http://www.bostonengine.com
• Re: tranny swap
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Stangeland
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 14:07:43 -0800
  hey all, > #1) Pull the flywheel, install a flywheel O ring, > Flywheel felt seal, > Pilot bearing and Front main seal. ($12.00) It is...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Starter ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Thu, 5 May 2016 13:33:18 -1000
  ...the comment about the ring gear being hardened and the flywheel not so much makes perfect sense. Scott On 05/05/2016 01:05...
• Re: Rear main seal replacement/flywheel removal
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 23:08:16 -0400
  ...Rear main seal replacement/flywheel removal > Oh wise ones, > > I need to get the flywheel off to replace the rear main seal. > > How do...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Starter ?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 5 May 2016 16:05:19 -0700
  AFAIK, all flywheels have replaceable ring gears. They are hardened steel and the flywheel isn't. I used to take them to a machine...
• Re: Need Flywheel machining specs for 86 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:16:13 -0700
  ...Need Flywheel machining specs for 86 Syncro > What is the distance between the mounting surface and friction surface on > the flywheel? > > > > Neil Poillon > > > > 724...
• Re: Resurfacing Flywhel
  Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 17:35:46 -0500
  ...I wondered about grinding metal away and needing a new flywheel sooner than later, but a clutch lasts a few years, and the flywheels...
• source for diesel flywheel
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 00:09:50 -0500
  where can I get a new or good-used diesel flywheel? Are they all 228mm? I need one for my upcoming engine conversion. john
• Flywheel problems!
  Historical mailing list - Tracey Knight
  Tue, 22 Nov 1994 00:01:54 +1100 (EST)
  Found out the problem is my flywheel is coming loose. The motor has been out three time to fix it. The dowles (spelling) seem...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Starter ?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 5 May 2016 17:06:44 -0700
  Also, Don has a gas engine with a diesel starter, and diesel flywheels may well be one piece with hardened teeth like Jim says...
• Re: vw tools?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:22:28 -0700
  On 4/10/08, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote: > > I'm reinstalling the flywheel on my engine (okay, it's an SVX engine...
• Re: Crankshaft pully bolt
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:26:10 -0500
  If the motor is out, use a flywheel lock such as http://www.justveedubs.com/tools.php?PHPSESSID=34784c325edf8871f6efba075fff2dfe&FormName=toolsearch&FormAction=search&s...
• Re: diesel flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 15:10:11 -0500
  ...source for diesel flywheel where can I get a new or good-used diesel flywheel? Are they all 228mm? I need one for my...
• unbalanced flywheel(for poeple who are swapping engines)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 23:02:44 -0400
  ...i almost disintigrated my van because i have an unbalanced flywheel on an engine that required a balanced flywheel.. so study study study. thats...
• [T3] flywheel question...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Mar 1996 15:16:54 -0600
  Doing a clutch pressure plate/friction plate/flywheel replacement on my '90 Vanagon GL. My VW guru, Herbie, gave me a reconditioned flywheel (he...
• Re: Flywheel Lock
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:12:09 -0400
  Hi John, Dunno about JCW, but I have successfully used a CIP1 aircooled flywheel lock on a waterboxer. Go for it here: http://www...
• Flywheel and orientation...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 19:26:58 -0700
  ...For more examples of flywheels on the wrong end of the engine, see Saab 99/900s, whose flywheel/clutch assemblies were mounted high up...
• Re: Rear main seal replacement/flywheel removal
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 07:55:45 -0500
  ...Rear main seal replacement/flywheel removal > Oh wise ones, > > I need to get the flywheel off to replace the rear main seal. > > How do...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Starter ?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 6 May 2016 00:12:26 +0000
  ...They are hardened steel > and the flywheel isn't. I used to take them to a machine shop for > replacement, but here is a...
• Re: felt washer on flywheel - is it necessary?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Dec 2004 12:50:07 -0500
  ...felt washer on flywheel - is it necessary? I have the tranny out of Billy Bones, so I pulled the clutch and flywheel to replace...
• Re: Flywheel and orientation...
  Historical mailing list - pederparizek
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:47:28 -0500
  ...Flywheel and orientation... > Owning both a Porsche 914 and a Vanagon, I feel qualified to comment on > the orientations the VW flat-four engine...
• resurface flywheel?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 13:13:06 -0700
  ...miles, that has no symptoms other than a noisy throw-out bearing, what are the chances that the flywheel might need re-surfacing? Jerry
• Re: pilot bearing... do i need to replace the main seal?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Fri, 21 May 2010 22:08:06 -0700
  ...They go on the other side. (Between the flywheel and the crankshaft.) The machining on a flywheel is on the side away from the...
• Transmission input shaft pilot bearing
  Historical mailing list - Leavitt
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 09:15:32 -0700
  ...My (special) case involves a need to put a good bearing in the original Vanagon flywheel but I'd guess that using the pilot...
• Re: replacing flex plate with flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 6 Dec 2023 15:53:57 -0500
  ...There is not a set for an auto flywheel vs. a manual >> flywheel. Also the early 1.9 and 21.L uses a different...
• Tranny update: flywheel off
  Historical mailing list - john Runberg
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 15:01:48 -0500
  Removed the clutch and flywheel. Looks like one spring is broke. I also found two split washers in the bellhousing yesterday when the tranny...
• Re: Crankshaft Endplay Adjustment Hits Me Flat
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:03:22 -0500
  ...I will remeasure from the center of the flywheel. All the manuals I have show it being measured at the outside, and I definitely...
• Re: Boston Bob @ Bostig Engineering Video - Proper installation of the WBX Flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:44:00 -0500
  ...Boston Bob does all the resurfacing of flywheels for us, and was giving us some tips on the proper way to install boxer flywheels...
• Re: Engine noise...loose Flywheel ? Opinions?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:33:38 -0700
  ...Automatics do not have flywheels... Perhaps you have a broken flex disc, but usually when a flex disc fails it fails catastrophically and the...
• Need Flywheel machining specs for 86 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - CPPoillon
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:18:08 -0400
  What is the distance between the mounting surface and friction surface on the flywheel? Neil Poillon 724.538.3800 724.316.3802 cell cppoillon...
• injun swap snafu
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 00:25:29 -0400
  ...My question - does anybody know if the 200mm flywheel has the same outer diameter ringear as the 228mm flywheel? If so, I guess I...
• Removal of flywheel bolts
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sun, 19 May 2002 05:16:21 -0700
  ...In each of them, it has been impossible for me to remove the flywheel bolts. I have the usual tools, including a Chicago Electric...
• Re: Boston Bob @ Bostig Engineering Video - Proper installation of the WBX Flywheel
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:32 -0500
  ...Boston Bob @ Bostig Engineering Video - Proper installation of the WBX Flywheel > Hi Guys, > > We recently sold a used takeout to a customer in CT...
• Flywheel Install
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:06:03 -0400
  There is apparently a video about installing a flywheel-clutch that has been recommended over and over. I cannot seem to find it. Does...
• Re: back on the list, diesel Vanagon flywheel Q
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 08:17:32 -0500
  I have a diesel flywheel I will clean it up and machine it let me know if you still need it Bob Donalds Boston...
• Re: Flywheel Seal Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:25:40 -0800
  Donb't forget to replace the Flywheel O-Ring (021 105 279). They're cheep and work in concert with the flywheel seal to...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Starter ?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 5 May 2016 17:00:02 -0700
  ...AFAIK, all flywheels have replaceable ring gears. They are hardened steel and the flywheel isn't. I used to take them to a machine...
• 1.9 flywheel needed
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 07:45:14 -0600
  I'm looking for a flywheel for a 1.9. Anyone have one laying around? Thanks, Steve Sandlin Steve's Lock Shoppe '84 Wolfsburg...
• Re: Flywheel O-ring?
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Sat, 13 Sep 2003 21:16:01 -0700
  ...It fits in a groove on the engine-side of the flywheel and IIRC looks more metal like than rubber. You need this part...
• WTB: Used Adapter plate and flywheel. (VW inline 4 gas into Vanagon manual tranny)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:59:45 -0700
  ...Anyone have a good used Kennedy (or other good quality) flywheel and adapter plate to adapt a Jetta/Golf inline 4 cylinder gas engine...
• Re: Flywheel Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 2 May 2013 16:56:16 -0400
  ...Flywheel Bolts So I've got all of the flywheel bolts broken loose but one (of course). It's getting to the point where...
• Boston Bob flywheel install video nla?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:26:56 -0500
  Hi everyone, I can't find Boston Bob's flywheel / endplay adj. video - it's disappeared from the Bostig site. Can someone provide a...