I recall a Boston Bob video on the list some time back where he discusses
this with Jim Akiba, I believe. I never gave much thought to how important
this  was until seeing the video. Bob is in a better place now but lives on
through the wisdom that he imparted in his archived posts and videos. Rest
in  Peace Bob til we meet again.

David Clarkson
90 westy-probably still a daily driver due to what I learned from Bob

In a message dated 5/21/2010 11:31:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jrasite@EONI.COM writes:

No. You  do not. It might be a good time to check the crankshaft end
play, but I  would not change it.

The shims control the end float of the  crankshaft.  They go on the
other side. (Between the flywheel and the  crankshaft.) The machining
on a flywheel is on the side away from the  crank.

As long as it's the same flywheel being mated to the same  crankshaft,
I would not change a thing. (Which I am doing in the  morning.)

Jim

On May 21, 2010, at 5:30 PM, John Rodgers  wrote:

> Do you, or do you not - adjust the shims after having  the
> flywheel  machined?