Hey everyone: I removed the flywheel (but not the oil seal) on my 2.0l engine to check the seal for leakage. It's not leaking. I removed the fan hub (but not the oil seal) to check for leakage there. It's not leaking. My manual says the endplay has to be checked anytime the flywheel is removed. My question is: Why? Since I'm going to torque the flywheel back on in a proper fashion, and haven't disturbed anything, and we're dealing with mechanical parts, not living tissue, why the insistence on checking the endplay? As far as I know the endplay is OK (engine rebuilt 20k miles ago) and since I'll have to use the "bar stock" method, I'd really like to avoid doing this, if I can. Can anyone elaborate? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.