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On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 16:05, Daniel Baum wrote: > Thanks Russ, > > I can see two interesting things in your pictures. First of all the bevel > goes towards the governer. Is part of it inside the end of the governor > shaft - should I knock it or press it in a bit? Also, the shaft of the drive > pinion sticks out of the sleeve further than I thought. If I press mine in > the whole way then only a little bit of it is visible. Obviously it is not > supposed to go the whole way in. > > Could you measure how much of the pinion sticks out of the end of the > sleeve? > > The whole thing is obviously very worn and loose. Would this have affected > its operation when it was in use? > About 14.5mm is how far it sticks out past that sleeve. Mine is still tight in the governor. If it was shifting at all, then it was probably OK. The reason that is loose, is that it kinda supposed to work like a universal joint taking up for any mis-alignment. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~