Re: RE:[T3] flywheel removal, was (66 square update)

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 15 May 2001, at 16:56, Russ Wolfe wrote:

> Be careful there Jim, That is an easy way to bend a drive plate. And they
> are getting hard to find. Remember, that it is just stamped steel, riveted
> to a machined steel hub, with some spot elded nuts around the outside.

That's a fair warning. I have always had success with this method, 
but I have always been very careful to avoid twisting stresses on 
the plate. I agree that it is fragile and I could easily imagine turning 
one into a pretzel. Maybe I've just been lucky; I haven't done that 
many of them.

I know that the fixture existed, but I've never seen anything more 
than a picture of one. My biggest question on this subject is why 
did VW make a 3-point plate for the type 3s but use a 4-point plate 
for the auto stick shift? Seemed like a natural place to use a 
common part and to save on fixturing....

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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