Re: [T3] Engine Rebuild Options

[Russ Wolfe <russella@prairieinet.net>]

On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 15:38, Jim Adney wrote:
> I wrote this at work and got interrupted. Here's the complete version.
> 
> On 27 Feb 2002, at 11:25, Jim Adney wrote:
> 
> The CW crank will need to be balanced and you should just get everything 
> balanced at the same time. Berg can cut your old 6V ring gear off the 
> flywheel and weld a new 12V one on in its place before welding.  
> 
But he will be going the other way. He needs a 6V ring gear on a 12V
flywheel.
BTW, VW never "welded" the ring gears on their rebuilt flywheels. They
were shrunk fit onto the flywheel.

> I have the impression that Berg does the best balancing in the business.
> 
> I've never bothered with 8 dowels, but I do buy the longer dowels from Berg 
> and ream the crank holes deeper to fit. I have a modified reamer that makes 
> this fairly easy.  
There are millions of VW's that have run millions of miles on the street
with the dowel pins that VW installed in the stock cranks.
 

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT (It drove)
'71 FB AT 
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org


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