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On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 09:38:06 +0300, Daniel Baum wrote: > > > > > > > I do that. I just figured that it was an easy place to keep them. Oh > > well, the replacement generator has all 6. > > > > > >I remember reading somewhere that the reason you put the extra shims on >the outside is to stop them getting lost. Therefore, when I forgot to >put them on when I installed my generator I didn't worry about it. > >Anyway, I went out and put them on now. For some reason I had 10 shims >all in all. If I put them all on, the nut wouldn't screw on the whole >way, so I used six, as Russ said. The thing with me is that if I put in more than 4 a brand new belt squals. I figured that the way it was supposed to work was with a new belt all go inside. As the belt wears you move them from the inside to the outside until you have zero on the inside and buy a new belt. Am I wrong here? Mark Healey 71 FI auto square 71 FI manual square marksvw@healeyonline.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org