I believe he said he would Scott, and that it was good advice.

I know I will.  I have my flywheel off and am about to start buttoning it
all up again.  I hope I get it back together without having to do anything
twice, but I know my chances are slim.

Tom

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On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:04 AM, SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss ) <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>