Measuring from the outside would be fine if you aren't flexing the flywheel when measuring. Prying with a screwdriver while measuring endplay near the edge of the flywheel will give erroneous readings. I am willing to bet (my currently not running '87 Westfailure) that your endplay is within tolerance. Dan Derek Drew wrote: > > Thanks. I found this helpful. > > I will remeasure from the center of the flywheel. > > All the manuals I have show it being measured at the outside, and I > definitely think the flywheel was flexing, so in the center this should fix > the problem and get a better measurement. > |
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