In a message dated 21/09/2005 11:18:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: So, my hall sender disintegrated and I decided (foolishly?) that I'd do a distributor rebuild. For the most part, all went well. No problem pressing out the pin, disassembly was great. Except. One of the black washers disintegrated. What can I use to replace it? It would appear that without replacing the washer, the amount of up/down play is too great. Any experience here would be appreciated.
Andrew, the washer is a thrust washer and is case hardened. A machine shop or industrial hardware supplier may be able to find you a replacement. BTW, are you going to Westys @ Watkins to try some Pilon racing again ? See you there. Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg (Forsale) & Lionel Trains Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley _Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html) _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm) 1 _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 08 ~ 11, 2006 |
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