If you can live with that sinking feeling in your stomach every time you
hear a weird bump, ching or clang: then just leave it and time will tell.
If I resurfaced your flywheel and left that pin out you'd be on my
doorstep with a six gun or an attorney to get it done right.

Stan Wilder

On Tue, 01 Jan 2002 12:05:54 -0500 Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net>
writes:
> You can't think that roll pin can hold anything in place? It is there
> to
> locate the flywheel in position on the Crank shaft so that the pin
> one
> the back is in the correct place for the "Top Dead Center" sensor
> for
> some VW diagnostic tools. As for balance, once the pressure plate
> is
> changed, all bets are off. Most engines do not have any pin of this
> source.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf
> Of Stan Wilder
> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 9:50 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Pinned down
>
> kdlewis Said: It probably is OK but I would not do it
> intentionally.
> -----------------------
> I really can't believe that anyone said that!
> The pin is not only alignment but keeps the flwwheel from turning on
> the
> shaft.
> The flywheel will find the threads on your five mounting bolts and
> start
> eating the flywheel in very short order in the process it will bind
> the
> bolts in the crank end and ruin your crankshaft.
> You just can't make wrong into OK on this situation.
> Fear of engine failure will travel with you every mile you drive
> this
> engine without the pin and it just isn't worth the stress of not
> doing
> it
> right.
>
> Stan Wilder
> 83 Air Cooled Westfalia
>
>
> On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 06:35:02 -0500 Kenneth D Lewis
> <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
> writes:
> > Craig;
> >         If the flywheel and crank were both originally balanced
> > together
> > and you did not retain the original orientation, the resulting
> > imbalance
> > _could_ reduce bearing life. I'm talking worse case scenario. It
> > probably
> > is OK but I would not do it intentionally.
> >
> > Good Luck and Drive Safely
> > Ken Lewis
> > 86 Crewcab,60 356
> > http://Neksiwel.20m.com/
> >
> > On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 17:42:54 -0800 Craig Jones
> > <jimcricket@W-LINK.NET>
> > writes:
> > > Have I made a grave mistake? I forgot to install the pin
> between
> > > flywheel
> > > and crankshaft on my T4. What are the consequences? Thanks,
> craig
> > >
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