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On 6 Jun 2004 at 17:50, Russ Wolfe wrote: > On Sun, 2004-06-06 at 17:45, joshua brooks wrote: > > I had the same problem. I cleaned the gap between the fan and hub with brake > > cleaner, peened the rivets back down tight, checked that the fan was still > > true then welded the fan to the hub at the hubs perimiter. I have had no > > problems since. This was probably about 1-1/2 years ago. Having the fan > > balanced would also be a good idea. > > You will probably find the next time the engine is torn down, that the > crankshaft/fan key is about worn through. Why? Because of imbalance? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org