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On 4 Feb 2005 at 23:42, David V.N. wrote: > From: <BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com> > > > Could the paper gasket be there to prevent rhe metal shim/washer from > > rusting > > to the larger fan? Most of them that I've seen have had some rust around > > the > > paper gasket. This would make sense, if you didn't want them to weld > > together > > (rust together). > > Aluminum to steel?I'd say not. While the pulley is alum, the fan hub is steel. I don't really buy this as the reason for the gasket, but IIRC all the virgin engines I've taken apart had the gasket against the steel fan hub. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~