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• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 27 Mar 2014 21:33:21 -0500
  ...The second "Gotcha" is the pilot bearing seal flywheel bushing! This little goober is a brass bushing that fits inside the flywheel input shaft...
• Re: flywheel pilot bearing will not fit!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 20:41:08 -0500
  ...Replace the pilot bearing with a correct one, Bore out the center of the flywheel, or Use a dremel or die grinder to remove...
• Re: Oily Oily Clutch. FW O Ring Failure? and: Problem Solved? ( clutch disk hanging up )
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:19:07 -0700
  ...I'm tempted to take some emery cloth to the flywheel, clean it up, and use flywheel as is. There wasn't any thread...
• Re: unbalanced flywheel(for poeple who are swapping engines)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 22:34:20 -0700
  Thanks for the warning! Double Cab with Audi four banger -> ballanced flywheel! At 23:02 9/19/98 -0400, Sudhir Desai wrote: >if u...
• Vanagon flywheels
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 19:11:47 -0500
  I just received a limited supply of genuine VW flywheels for gasoline-engined Vanagons, at about 70% off the original price. As you know...
• Re: Tranny update: flywheel off
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 16:29:08 -0600
  Highly recommend haveng the flywheel resurfaced if you are going with a full clutch replacement. You won't have to do anything to it...
• Re: clutch chatter fixed, thanks
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014 10:10:54 -0700
  ...Is the 12 mm long pilot bearing useable in a Vanagon gas flywheel even if pilot bearing hole in flywheel left as-is? Neil...
• Flywheel Lightening
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Sat, 6 Mar 1999 13:52:37 -0800
  ...In a few weeks I will replace the clutch in my '90 Carat, and have decided to surface the flywheel also. A freer revving...
• Need diesel ring gear or flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hougard
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 16:09:54 EST
  I'm in need of a ring gear or complete flywheel for my 82 diesel van. I have already flipped the ring gear once...
• Re: Removal of flywheel bolts
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 19 May 2002 08:10:52 -0700
  ...Removal of flywheel bolts > Listees, > > I have two engines in repair/play in order to install a recently-rebuilt > transmission from a donor GL...
• Clutch parts
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 09:55:52 -0500
  ...I don't know what part number this is? - Flywheel O-ring - Again, part number or size. This (I think) is the O-ring...
• need some help with tranny swap
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Stangeland
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 18:06:54 -0800
  'lo all- got my old tranny out on the ground, and with an air impact wrench got the bolts on the flywheel off.... so...
• Flywheel maching specs 1986 Sybcro
  Historical mailing list - CPPoillon
  Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:27:03 -0400
  I need the flywheel machining specs for the distance between the mounting surface and the friction surface. 1986 Vanagon Syncro Neil Poillon 724.538...
• Re: Oily Oily Clutch. FW O Ring Failure? and: Problem Solved? ( clutch disk hanging up )
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:41:08 -1000
  ...No oil > present at forward face of flywheel. (forward = toward vehicle front) > i.e. no oil leaking out past bolt heads. The flywheel O...
• Re: End play (was: Siezed pancake on table)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 23:53:14 -0500
  > Take a big flat screwdriver and pry the flywheel away from the case. There > should be a tiny amount of endplay, thunk thunk is...
• How do you tell if the Flywheel needs to be machined?
  Historical mailing list - John Brown
  Fri, 27 Feb 1998 18:35:16 -0800
  I am changing the clutch on my '84 vanagon and I was wondering how to tell if I need to have my flywheel machined...
• Boston Bob @ Bostig Engineering Video - Proper installation of the WBX Flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:45:17 -0500
  Hi Guys, We recently sold a used takeout to a customer in CT, and needed to put a flywheel back on(usually they just...
• Need Diesel Vanagon Flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Robert Gruber
  Fri, 23 Feb 2001 04:31:04 -0800
  it's hard for me to believe, but the Diesel Vanagon I've put 4K on had a different flywheel in it when I...
• Re: How do you tell if the Flywheel needs to be machined?
  Historical mailing list - NotaJeep
  Fri, 27 Feb 1998 22:17:53 EST
  You have a flywheel? It needs to be machined... Many are assembled w/o machining....but you want to replace the mainseal and the...
• Re: The Clutch Eater
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 02 Apr 1996 10:10:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...Happens in all gears, > >Sounds like the flywheel isn't quite balanced right, did you ask Kennedy for >details. Did the pressure plate and...
• RE: Re[2]: 911 motor in a VW transporter
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 05 Apr 1995 15:16:41 EST
  The flywheel I used is from Kennedy Engineered Products (no relation). It cost $290 and is a beautiful piece of metal. For a smaller...
• V6anagon un-V6'ed (continued) - LONG (sorry, Gerry)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 09:41:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Most engines require a balanced flywheel, for obvious reasons. If the engine's balanced and the flywheel isn't, it'll shake the car...
• Re: ADDENDUM to....OOOPs! Transmission Leaking after clutch kit installation
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 15:19:04 -0700
  Resurfaced flywheel..... "Thomas D. Hanlon" wrote: > Listees, > > Subject line gives most of the message...I've just installed a new LUK > clutch kit, including...
• felt washer on flywheel - is it necessary?
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:55:27 -0600
  I have the tranny out of Billy Bones, so I pulled the clutch and flywheel to replace the pilot bearing and the flywheel seal...
• 1.6TD flywheel part number
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 17:12:24 -0800
  Hello- I am looking for the part number for the flywheel used on the 1.6 TD European vans. Does anyone happen to know...
• Audi 200 flywheel depth specs LVC
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:11:53 -0800
  Anyone have the depth specs for a 89-91 Audi 200 stepped flywheel? Do automotive machinists have these specifications? Thanks Tom ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Starter ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 May 2016 21:32:56 -0400
  ...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: rusty flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 9 May 2009 22:55:17 -0400
  ...rusty flywheel the 2.1L wbx engine that i'm about to install in my westy sat for a few years and the flywheel...
• Re: diesel torque secs.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Nov 1996 05:59:37 +0000
  ...for a vanagon diesel flywheel to crank shaft > bolts and preasure plate to flywheel bolts, also the oil pump bolts torque.? According to Bentley...
• Clutch/flywheel question-pre '72
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Mar 1996 01:50:44 -0600
  Hey now, Does lots of vibration when releasing the clutch in 1st mean a toasted flywheel? Or maybe just a new pressure plate? Muir...
• Re: Can pilotbearing be changed with flywheel in place?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 9 Jun 2007 14:39:16 -0500
  ...Jim On Jun 9, 2007, at 2:31 PM, Jens Jakob Andersen wrote: > Hi > > Can I change the pilotbearing without removing the flywheel? > > It...
• Re: pilot bearing... do i need to replace the main seal?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 22 May 2010 06:01:29 EDT
  ...I have had machined many Vanagon flywheels, installed new clutch assemblies right outta the box and never ever seen any problems. Why would you...
• vw tools?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:40:38 -0400
  I'm reinstalling the flywheel on my engine (okay, it's an SVX engine, but it is still in my Vanagon) and realized that...
• Re: Boston Bob @ Bostig Engineering Video - Proper installation of the WBX Flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:22:55 -0500
  ...dispite how hard it might be to remove flywheel seals are worth replacing every time you remove the flywheel. Thanks to all for the...
• Re: vw tools?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:41:54 -0400
  Hi Kim, In the deep and murky past, before I had such a tool as you describe, I was able to MacGuyver a flywheel...
• Re: Finding TDC on I-4 Conversion, 1.9TD @ 15 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:07:23 -0400
  ...What flywheel are you using? The KEP flywheel has marks and the 15 degree adapter a hole that I assume lines up with the...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Starter ?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 5 May 2016 22:17:17 +0000
  RE diesel flywheel teeth coming off... no, all one piece. Gone are they days, as far as I know, that you could restore a...
• Re: End play specific to flywheel?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
  Sun, 22 May 2005 14:37:01 -0700
  Thanks! Sorry for yet more questions - what if no flywheel was installed? I ordered a rebuild with no flywheel, and am reusing my own...
• AW: Flywheel Lightening little vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Michael Kraewinkel
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 09:12:30 +0100
  ...David Marshall[SMTP:vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG] <snip> > A lightened flywheel is not desired when you want torque. <snip> Hi David, 1.sorry but imo...
• Re: Hmm. It won't budge
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Mar 2014 02:39:48 -0400
  If the bearing thrust washer fell or turned it will get jammed between the flywheel and the case. At a minimum that thrust plate...
• flywheel bolts
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:37:28 -0500
  Hi All, I was just informed that the flywheel bolts for vanagons are NLA, anyone have a substitute they could suggest? I plan to...
• Re: Looking for Flywheels
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:35:54 -0800
  > We're looking for old boxer flywheels, so if anyone has any they want to > turn into money, let us know! err OK and...
• Staying Clean & Flywheel Resurfacing
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 08:13:48 -0400
  Randy, the dirty accountant, If you have 187k on the flywheel it is a VERY good idea to have it resurfaced. At least on...
• Re: Flywheel Dowel Pins - Continued
  Historical mailing list - brady
  Wed, 7 Jul 2010 10:20:14 -0700
  ...Something went awry and did fry my pilot bearing and scortched the flywheel. Missing dowels are as good a reason as any. Let me...
• Re: end play measurement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 May 2011 13:55:32 -0700
  ...the o-ring on the crank side of the flywheel must be in place. and the flywheel bolt threads must have lock-tite on...
• Re: A Flywheel mystery..
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 29 May 2007 09:09:55 -0700
  There were a few very early waterboxer flywheels that used a 215mm clutch. Since many years before and after had 228mm, it is a...
• Re: Can pilotbearing be changed with flywheel in place?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:11:05 -0700
  I had my pilot bearing replaced from my 83 1.9L westy without removong the flywheel. I did not own any tool. My cousin...
• FW: Transmission mystery
  Historical mailing list - Stanley, Kerry
  Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:34:11 -0400
  Z, The input shaft sort of floats in a pilot bearing in the flywheel. I guess to keep it in alignment with the clutch...
• Re: Can pilotbearing be changed with flywheel in place?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:06:20 -0700
  The hole in the flywheel is smaller than the pilot bearing in 99% of vanagons I have seen. there was some 83's WBX...
• Re: Boston Bob @ Bostig Engineering Video - Proper installation of the WBX Flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:27:27 -0600
  ...a > flywheel back on(usually they just come off and get machined for > our use). > Boston Bob does all the resurfacing of flywheels for...
• flywheel install video from Boston Bob. GREAT!!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 10:44:32 -0800
  ...i have installed, what, 100+ flywheels... this video is great stuff. it covers all of the details you can gleam from "how to rod...
• Re: Sach's clutch's
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:01:39 EST
  Have you had the flywheel turned each time you replaced the clutch? If so,it may have been cut too thin and is warping...
• Flywheel Mods?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:10:01 -0800
  Has anyone experimented with removing .25mm/.010" from the pressure plate mounting surface of a stepped flywheel to increase clamping pressure? Thanks Tom ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Starter differences - diesel vs gas?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:21:39 -0700
  ...KEP plate + flywheel = $600 High Torque Starter = 225$ Diesel Bellhousing, Flywheel and Starter= 300$ Used gasser starter at junk yard= 50$ + core. I would...
• Crankshaft stuck?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Wilsher
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:48:10 -0700
  ...However, when I proceeded to put the flywheel back on I was surprised to see that I didn't have to block the flywheel...
• RE: Leaking oil seal
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 02 Mar 1995 20:53:13 EST
  ...Was flywheel end seal put in with proper tool? New o-ring on flywheel? Unfortunately, I'll bet that engine's coming out again...
• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:17:20 -0500
  ...Also there is a main engine seal behind the flywheel that > should be changed at the same time. Since the flywheel is already > removed...
• Re: Tranny update: flywheel off
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 15:35:23 -0600
  ...A black spot could be from the rivet making a mark, long trailing burns are normally from rivets burning the flywheel. If you can...
• Clutch repair survey
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Apr 1997 15:23:11 -0500 (EST)
  I,m replacing the clutch in a 1984 Westy & am curious about working on the flywheel and replacing the seal. 1. Local experts range...
• end play measurement
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Tue, 10 May 2011 14:59:18 -0400
  Greetings all, I have to replace the main seal behind the flywheel on my syncro, so I will replace the clutch while the tranny...