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Date:         Wed, 24 Feb 1999 23:39:31 -0500
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <dhaynes57@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
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From:         Dennis Haynes <dhaynes57@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Subject:      Re: How do I get the #&(*&!$# distributor gear on the crank?
Comments: To: Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>

You need to heat it up to about 300 degrees. I use a bearing heater but a torch will also do. A good machine shop supply will have markers you can get that melt at different temperatures. You don't wan to get he gear too hot as it can warp.

Dennis

-----Original Message----- From: Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 7:54 PM Subject: How do I get the #&(*&!$# distributor gear on the crank?

>Hi all: > >I've been trying to get the brass distributor gear on my 2 crankshafts, >(rebuiling a couple of 2.0l air-cooled engines) and haven't succeded yet. > >I first tried heating the gears in oil, the second time I tried boiling >water. But in both cases I wasn't able to slip the gear on the crank; >they "froze" to the crank almost immediately after they touched the >crank and I had to get out my torch and heat them up to pull them off. > >Has anybody done this before, and can give me some hints as to how it's done? > >TIA. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU >Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon >---------------------------------------------------------------------


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