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On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 23:09, Jim Adney wrote: > On 17 Dec 2004 at 20:40, Russ Wolfe wrote: > > > You didn't need anything special to install a Corvair engine in a VW, > > You just flipped the ring gear to the other side of the pinion shaft. > > How do you feel about the special tools to set the ring/pinion fit? Would YOU > need those tools to do this job, or have you done enough of them that you could > just do it by feel? You can get them pretty close by just swaping all the shims too. VW machined the cases to pretty close tolerances. That, and "blue" the gears. And when I was working for the dealer, I would just borrow the tools from the shop. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~