RE: [T3] End Play...

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

On 25 May 2001, at 9:48, Russ Wolfe wrote:

> As too the shims, the ones in an
> o'ringed flywheel/crank assembley actually have a smaller ID than the
> ones for a crank that takes the steel gasket between the crank and the
> flywheel. The older shims will work in a newer engine, but the newer
> shims won't work in an older engine. 

I think Russ has the sizes reversed, but that's not the important 
part. I really don't think you should use any shim except the right 
one for your engine. I have seen cranks with a thin (single shim 
width) groove worn all the way around them. I ASSUME this was 
caused by using a large ID shim where a small one should have 
gone. The looseness may then have allowed these parts to wear 
against one another and grind that groove. It's just too cheap a part 
to take a chance on ruining a good crank.

The Bill Fisher book has more info on this subject.

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