Date:         Thu, 17 Apr 2014 10:10:54 -0700
Reply-To:     Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: clutch chatter fixed, thanks
Comments: To: mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net>
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Sorry for the minor hijack but....

Links to images below show two sealed pilot bearings I was considering
using on my KEP "Rabbit" flywheel  (similar to diesel Vanagon)

http://tinyurl.com/p5md7wq
http://tinyurl.com/q98d622

Both were sealed type IIRC. Sorry. No part numbers, and I don't recall
if shorter PB was for an Audi Fox or Diesel Vanagon, but they both fit
transmission input shaft.

Is the 12 mm long pilot bearing useable in a Vanagon gas flywheel even
if pilot bearing hole in flywheel left as-is?

Neil.

On 4/17/14, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:


> The other type pilot bearing with built-in seal is from various VW and
> Audis, including Diesel Vanagons. The bearing shell is longer to make
> room in the outer end for the rubber seal. The longer shell hits the wbx
> flywheel so the pilot bore in the wbx flywheel needs to be slightly
> enlarged on the side that goes toward the crank. You don't need to
> enlarge the hole all the way through for the longer shell and I don't.
> That is because I don't have a proper machine so I just hog out some
> metal on the side of the flywheel that needs it, leaving the rest of the
> pilot bore hole alone.
>
> Mark

>


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Neil n

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