Hi all. Some quick pics of my spare air cooled tranny held up against the KEP "Rabbit" plate: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/aircooledtrannytokepplate You can see the gap. Due to, of course, the input shaft bottoming out. Gap isn't as much as I thought. About 4mm. But...... Measuring from step where pilot bearing bottoms out, to end (face) of crank: ~ 18.5 mm From end of hole in Jetta crank at its' deepest (it's concave) to end (face) of crank: ~ 32 mm Thats a difference of (gets out calculator) 13.5 mm 13.5 mm is (consults the web) .5315" It is suggested to grind off 7/16". Just under 1/2". So it seems this is so the input shaft is just a little "longer" than the seated pilot bearing. This is starting to make sense now, but please correct me if I'm on the wrong track! Hope this helps. Neil. -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ |
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