On Sun, 17 May 1998, Tom Young wrote:

> 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?

Because it's SO much easier to check and adjust it NOW, when you have the
engine out, then later, when you would have to remove the engine again, to
do it.

The endplay changes due to mechanical wear and tear.  The shims can get
thinner, over time, from the friction, the bearings and everything get
some wear on them, etc etc...

> 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.

I would recommend it, just because you CAN.:)  But then, it's your bus,
and your engine...:)  I dont check mine everytime I have it out, but I do
yank on my pulley, everynow and again, to make sure I haven't had any
drastic change...:)

just my half dollar....david

 > Can anyone elaborate?
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> Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
> Lafayette, CA  94549    '81 Vanagon
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David Raistrick  '69 Westy-Itchigo                      keen@finally.atlasta.net
                 '66 SO-44 Westy (coming soon!)         in Augusta Ga