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Subject:Re: Hmm. It won't budge - Well it does now!
From:thewestyman
Date:Tue, 18 Mar 2014 22:36:07 -0700

Hahaha.  It's no insult at all.  It's fun to read it.
Z

-----Original Message-----
From: SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 1:04 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Hmm. It won't budge - Well it does now!

I don't mean to sound insulting ..
will you check the free turning of the engine as soon as you tighten
down the flywheel next time ?

On 3/17/2014 5:20 PM, thewestyman wrote:
> There was only one item that could have caused it; the first whasher/shim
> that is made of white metal and has a tab that's bent into the block
> to stay
> in place.  Now, that shim has turned out of position and the size of that
> tab got added to the shims total size big time, making the total more
> than
> double, thus getting the whole thing tightened up when the flywheel was
> added.
> No harm done though.
> It was just making the job twice.  My fault, of course.
> Everything is well now.
> Thanks for the List for the immediate help.
>
> My regards to all of you.
> Zoltan
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: b1levi@yahoo.com
> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 2:44 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Hmm. It won't budge
>
> Boston Bob did a great video on this with, I think, Jim Akiba.
> Top of the 2nd page of thesamba thread is the link.
> He covers this exact issue in detail.
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=581941&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=clutch+pilot+bearing&start=20
>