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If theres any play at all betwen the dowels and the holes and your running a high HP engine the flywheel will come loose. jaming everythin togeather is asking for disaster. Gene Berg warns about this and getting cranks from anyone else your really taking a risk on all kids of possible problems. If you dont have his manuels get them, there a good read and full of valuable info! Keith ---------- > From: whizby <whizby@pdq.net> > To: type!!! <type3@vwtype3.org> > Subject: Re: [T3] So. Cal Imports Expericence? > Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 8:34 PM > > well OK, i ordered a counter-weighted crank from them. i wanted four dowel > so i could drill it out to eight dowel with my flywheel. it only comes from > them in 8 dowel, but they said, " not to worry, the holes will match any SPG > pattern, just get your flywheel drilled out to match" my machinist had > two(2) spg pattern jigs, neither of which matched the crank, so i called > back and ordered an 8 doweled flywheel, which they rushed right out to me, > assuring me that it was drilled on the exact same pattern as my crank. > it didn't fit, but it was really close. so i chamfered the holes a little > and cranked the hell out of the gland nut and forced the two together. > on the plus side: they did return my core charge, even though i waited two > and a half months( they say you have to do it within thirty days) to mail my > stuff back. > > sorry for the ramble, but you did ask > Brandon > 73 square > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Mogombus <mogombus@wolfenet.com> > To: T-III List <type3@vwtype3.org> > Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 4:10 PM > Subject: Re: [T3] So. Cal Imports Expericence? > > > |Charlie wrote: > | > |> If it happened to be bad > |> and don't want to post to the group p-mail me. > | > |No, please don't reply privately.ĄΠlove to hear peoples experiences > with > |mail order co's. > | > |Tom Mogombus > | > |------------------------------------------------------------------- > |Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > | > | > >