check with an auto parts store,
a hardware store,
or machine shops.

roll pins are fairly generic, usually made of high-carbon springy steel.

I'm looking at 3 in a cracked waterboxer flywheel I have ..
where the split is down the side of the roll pins is...it's zigzaggy there..
normal roll pins are just straight there.

even if you find a pin or smooth bolt shank of just the right diameter ..
that's a good press fit, that could work.  Needs to be a good tight fit
though.

if you really want 'the' right part, I could see about getting these removed
from this cracked flywheel I have and sell them to you.
Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Grotz" <kgrotz@CRAFTECH.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 12:44 PM
Subject: Flywheel Dowel Pins

> My dowels are missing - and I need 3.  Thinking of fabricating something.
> Do I need a special steel?  Anyone done this before?
>
> Kurt A. Grotz
> www.themediastation.com
> 610-565-2530
> 484-477-2909
> "My mind thinks of way too many things to have an attention deficit"
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daryl Christensen [mailto:daryl@aatransaxle.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 12:27 AM
> To: 'Kurt Grotz'; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: RE: More Clutch - part 4 or is it 5
>
> Don't be afraid of the GL5 trans oils.. Any name brand synthetic GL5 75/90
> or so will be fine. 20 yrs ago, the GL4 was the only good oil, but since
> then the additive packages of most all modern oils are ok for the brass
> synchro's...
>
> And the place that resurfaced the flywheel took the dowels out and should
> have them there still..you hope Daryl of AA Transaxle 425-788-4070 "On the
> cutting edge of Old technology"
> 86 Syncro Westy with a Zetec in the trunk
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Kurt Grotz
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 7:32 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: More Clutch - part 4 or is it 5
>
> So close!  My nephew and I almost had that bad boy back in this afternoon.
> After reading the great on-line instructions and Boston Bobs video we were
> armed for reassembly bear.   I even decided to get the flywheel machined!
> Well it was $55 not the oft mentioned 30, but it didn't break me.  Well
> worth it to see that thing all pretty - and to see the really cool machine
> shop, complete with Pre 80's Westy    But alas - the sticking points.
>
> 1.  What gear oil?  Again an issue, but I settled on NAPA brand GL-5.
> There were not other options.  Pep Boys only had the new stuff called hypo
> something and if I was afriad of GL-5 this really had my hackles.   So
> NAPA
> it is until I hear of a product and location better.
>
> 2.  The thrush washer - that is a little hairy keeping that assembly
> together while putting in the oil seal.  But it all went eventually with
> patience.
>
> 3.  Flywheel - perfect fit.....dulp....what about the felt washer?   I
> have
> 3 by this point with all the bearings ect I am collecting.  And like the
> man
> said....they are all too big.   And I even have one thing most apparently
> don't.   The flywheel spacer to hold washer in place.   If it fit.   So I
> improvised.  I cut it and took out a tiny segment and it fit like a glove.
> I think the 80 lbs tork on the bolts should hold it in place against the
> bearing.     Any thoughts?   Should I pull it and go feltless?  There was
> no
> felt when I took it our originally.
>
> Also - flywheel issue - do I need locktight?   Or is the 80 lbs good
> enought.
>
> 4.  Ok we were started putting clutch on and I noticed - there are no
> dowels
> on the flywheel.   I noticed one when I took it off.   I noticed that if
> you
> don't have them the clutch would be unstable.  Maybe that is what happened
> in the first place.
>
> So now I need to find the dowels.  Hopefully a vendor will have them - but
> it looks like another lost weekend without the van.
>
> Questions:
>
> 1.   Where does one find the little steel disk dowels?
> 2.   Do I need locktight on flywheel bolts and clutch bolts?
> 3.   Good source for good GL5 oil?
>
> I think that should cover it.  Boy this is tedious
>
> Thanks as always.
>
> Falling Asleep
>
> Kurt
>
>
>
>
> Kurt A. Grotz
>
> www.themediastation.com
>
> 610-565-2530
>
> 484-477-2909
>
> "My mind thinks of way too many things to have an attention deficit"