You will need to measure the endplay with a tool designed for that. If it is
beyond a certain spec for the engine then shims are installed of the correct
thickness.  Depending on engine they usually come in 5 thicknesses and you
use the combination of 3 that gives you the right results.

You may have to take to a shop and have them do it for you if you don�t have
the tools.

The procedure for most engines is to connect flywheel and torque to about 50
percent and measure play.

Make up a shim stack that measure the thickness that total play minus stack
= in spec.

Remove flywheel insert stack and retorque to 75% and check play.  Then
finish torque to spec and recheck again.

jimt

On 5/22/05 3:37 PM, "Mike Jeffrey" <oldbus@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks! Sorry for yet more questions - what if no flywheel was
> installed? I ordered a rebuild with no flywheel, and am reusing my
> own.
> 
> I've uploaded some pics to give you all a better idea of what I'm
> looking at. Thanks a lot for your help!
> 
> (caution, large files, approx 600KB)
> http://www.hondamotorcycle.net/images/IMG_0601.JPG
> http://www.hondamotorcycle.net/images/IMG_0602.JPG
> 
> Cheers!
> Mike.
> 
> 
> On 5/22/05, jimt <camper@tactical-bus.info> wrote:
>> On 5/21/05 7:30 PM, "Mike Jeffrey" <oldbus@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello and another happy weekend!
>>> 
>>> Do rebuilds (specifically those from AVP) generally come with the
>>> requisite seals and shims installed for the flywheel? I've never seen
>>> this part of the engine before - what am I looking for? I'd rather not
>>> start prying things out of there if I don't have to.
>>> 
>>> I understand that I may need to change the shims if end play is not
>>> correct, but I need to know what I'm starting off with.
>>> 
>>> Cheers!
>>> Mike.
>>> 
>>> On 5/16/05, Mike Jeffrey <oldbus@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Good advice from everyone - thanks a lot! I was trying to avoid having
>>>> to learn how to do this - but what's the benefit in that? I've found a
>>>> few good tutorials already.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers!
>>>> Mike.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> If it came with a flywheel already installed then the end play should
>> already have been adjusted and if shims were needed they would have been
>> installed behind the flywheel.  When you pull the fly wheel just be sure to
>> get all the shims back in again.  No order to them.
>> 
>> jimt
>> 
>> 
> 
>