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> > I noticed some white paint on the flywheel and the pressure plate... > > since they are no longer a matched pair I lined up the paint anyway... > > hopefully everything will be in good balance. > > We very seldom see the paint marks after all this time, but I THINK I have a > manual somewhere that indicates that the marks, if present, should be > staggered. My impression is that the parts were brought into some tolerance of > balance and then the heavy (or light) side was marked with paint. > I had a recollection the manual talks about punched marks, and that they are placed opposite. Maybe Keith's paint marks are two parts of the same mark, the way you might with a scratch? I guess if the marks are clearly done separately, it must mark the same thing (heavy side or light side) and therefore would need to be opposite. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~