You can't think that roll pin can hold anything in place? It is there to locate the flywheel in position on the Crank shaft so that the pin one the back is in the correct place for the "Top Dead Center" sensor for some VW diagnostic tools. As for balance, once the pressure plate is changed, all bets are off. Most engines do not have any pin of this source. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Stan Wilder Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 9:50 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Pinned down kdlewis Said: It probably is OK but I would not do it intentionally. ----------------------- I really can't believe that anyone said that! The pin is not only alignment but keeps the flwwheel from turning on the shaft. The flywheel will find the threads on your five mounting bolts and start eating the flywheel in very short order in the process it will bind the bolts in the crank end and ruin your crankshaft. You just can't make wrong into OK on this situation. Fear of engine failure will travel with you every mile you drive this engine without the pin and it just isn't worth the stress of not doing it right. Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia
On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 06:35:02 -0500 Kenneth D Lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM> writes: > Craig; > If the flywheel and crank were both originally balanced > together > and you did not retain the original orientation, the resulting > imbalance > _could_ reduce bearing life. I'm talking worse case scenario. It > probably > is OK but I would not do it intentionally. > > Good Luck and Drive Safely > Ken Lewis > 86 Crewcab,60 356 > http://Neksiwel.20m.com/ > > On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 17:42:54 -0800 Craig Jones > <jimcricket@W-LINK.NET> > writes: > > Have I made a grave mistake? I forgot to install the pin between > > flywheel > > and crankshaft on my T4. What are the consequences? Thanks, craig > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > |
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