Hey everyone:

I removed the flywheel (but not the oil seal) on my 2.0l engine to check
the seal for leakage.  It's not leaking.

I removed the fan hub (but not the oil seal) to check for leakage there.
It's not leaking.

My manual says the endplay has to be checked anytime the flywheel is
removed.

My question is: Why?  Since I'm going to torque the flywheel back on in a
proper fashion, and haven't disturbed anything, and we're dealing with
mechanical parts, not living tissue, why the insistence on checking the
endplay?

As far as I know the endplay is OK (engine rebuilt 20k miles ago) and
since I'll have to use the "bar stock" method, I'd really like to avoid
doing this, if I can.

Can anyone elaborate?

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Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549    '81 Vanagon
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