Are you installing a I4 in to a wasserboxer?  Just use a grinder and a very
wet rag.  Wrap the rag around the base in the input shaft and start buzzing
away.  You only need to remove 5mm and it takes no time to do this.  YES
you do need to run a pilot bearing - with out one you will kill the oil
seal in the transmission in jig time!

If you have any other questions, just let me know!

At 10:41 AM 07/02/2000 -0800, Dave Bayer wrote:
>Hello-
>        I purchased an used input shaft for a diesel van.
>The shaft is a bit rough/worn on the tranny side of the
>surface the throw out bearing rides on. The yard I got
>this from (with a bunch of other diesel parts) thinks
>the tranny it was from was run without a TO bearing
>for a bit. I was wondering if this surface needs to
>be a harden surface or can I bring it to a machine
>shop, have it welded and then lathed back down to the
>correct diameter?
>
>        If it's not fixable, does anyone have a spare
>input shaft they are looking to get rid of? (need to
>check how much it would cost to get a gas input
>shaft machined down to the length of the diesel shaft
>though)...
>
>dave
>
>

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