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I believe this is what is done when a crank is "8-doweled". You have the stock 4 dowels and the builder drills in anox - for a total of 8. Really holds the flywheel on! I know my flywheel is "8-doweled". I think you just saved yourself a good chunk of money, alright! Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com <-- Please use this address for email '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, R.I.P., ORPCA member '95 VW Jetta GL 2.0L, boringly bone-stock Portland, Oregon, http://www.pobox.com/~toby_erkson/ > -----Original Message----- > apparentely the flywheel wasn't torqued down enough cause it "flopped" > around quit a bit making that racket that I heard and in the meanwhile > oblonging all holes.... which are now practically oval... > ...drill new holes "off center" in the crank, get a new flywheel, new dowels > new "nut" and off I go > The guy said he has a special tool to do this with... ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe