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Subject:Re: Clutch/flywheel shim Q.'s
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Tue, 4 Jun 2002 07:54:51 -0500

Correct.
There are or should be three shims on the end of the crank shaft.
I think I'd buy a little insurance while I was in there and install that
$8.00 front main seal, the .80 felt washer and the $1.00 flywheel O ring.
I'd sure hate to pull that tranny again for a simple oil leak.

Stan Wilder
83 Westfalia Air Cooled

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 07:53:15 -0400 "Michael S. Nichols"
<msnichols@MINDSPRING.COM> writes:
> Hello from Atlanta, Ga.  I am in the middle of a clutch job, and I
> have a flywheel shim Q.  These shims are behind the oil seal, and if
> the seal is OK,  which mine is, one would not see the shims unless
> they removed the seal, correct?  Am I missing something here with
> the concept???  Thanks!
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael and Christina Nichols
> 2--'81's
>

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